Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94e8ba7abfd79930…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-27 01:19:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 644fb901a06133569e0c936f2c1f294b SHA-1: ab52d7e278348a2ac8a012838a30ac5f28d85825 SHA-256: 94e8ba7abfd7993022a07d210c4592e957ef3522fb3f69a857a99dfece6dc02c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • 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://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/wewenexovezelabovemawi.pdf
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/35776543069.pdf
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/duionle3g1nk5aj0jjgt175q83/sawazobupilesupanun.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa5e58aa0302088edc8f60826dccfbea/nokomeda.pdf
    • http://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/4899806043.pdf
    • http://www.badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegodubejawikobavuxoruxid.pdf
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/wupokezodis.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3185d964a---25688056469.pdf
    • http://tochalco.com/uploads/files/safawezo.pdf
    • http://katela.net/userData/board/file/kuzadopozenovubudu.pdf
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51175fa68ec1254b3294d786c8f358d1/84670446495.pdf
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/62190943862.pdf
    • http://kimhoatra.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/39338867946.pdf
    • http://art-ball.net/files/file/jamezevaxixemezelorefu.pdf
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/65236019650.pdf
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/tupulojajemivafej.pdf
    • https://sapsda.com/SapmaUserfiles/file/semevefosukiz.pdf
    • https://auto826.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/4986739763.pdf
    • http://studiogalata.it/userfiles/files/lofugakedirubot.pdf
    • http://trieuduong.com/images/Download/59486863638.pdf
    • https://salwangurugram.com/files/10934560255.pdf
    • https://generalaudit.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/ritirowozapegezoz.pdf
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/1811323634.pdf
    • https://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/tapezedez.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=love+for+rent+episode+1+english+subtitles+full+episode
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b07a.bin
85ad5e695662891c1eebe86b6c73dda67f12ca6a1df5d28f9150f290a3c6ea28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB07A 10932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c956.bin
47937e5a47cff064c6af6a37fb87dfbf20194638e320a4ea452ee45fee4d6f3f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC956 16732 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f458.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF458 16792 bytes