Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94e84ae8660b8351…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:27:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: aa36937c50513ea5ec5c533db42ac9fc SHA-1: 9439b0e60e450c0ea78e98767939c8d9c4a8d8c4 SHA-256: 94e84ae8660b835172631a361ef9f107a4c10fbca1ab91882b5b61dfa504ca9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing or malware delivery site. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34818329081.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ccb8a03c87---komabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/92513217321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8dd43bb37---9225206261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa3m0bg4vodh1hjvk810c48dn2/bubovosolujetiwupowuviwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81513ae439a494760a7a6ead0339fa44/68750982766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e98cc96b38c5c3cf92828b23b11a3ce/guxalibuzubine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/66432222671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qdp3rm1n4b0ujqarrje91nj6t/728986754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/kelawivatiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4795507604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/ruvixuzukijitumokogosuwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/76627252345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607750e15cc78---38412712074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/68229133089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba31612f7f35ffcccabaa1f65448f203/38458926995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eguiders.com/uploads/fekatilejopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqr952vtenbd4t256cn4fnlli1/44461394252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/20218211555415405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9337c450793c1dd00b7a81e6bac198cf/76087675195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f93abe874370a9acc645e285827a0e8/zozonujejanerosaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e572070cd---84689571801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc76bc8190---jaxigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdfff51a7ae---2198890839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.focitabor.hu/userfiles/file/puwilejedisudutasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=gilgamesh+a+new+english+version+by+stephen+mitchell+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e67d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67D 18952 bytes
SHA-256: 02e88e931d8b9f759cf30de022405cc9d337e7e3338abe6c4a4b8183c66d82ba
font_01_sfnt_off00011754.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11754 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F6B 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 2b9d0d086b73013e77adf7d088788d4f528b9de9faf67af71437fa2dd3cc58b0