Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94ed9b25c670f335…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:47:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4e9bba0456e30e67814b636198d56de0 SHA-1: 8cf6e5f1abdb87d71973a324304c5c4119edb31c SHA-256: 94ed9b25c670f335a931f54ac68148f921fde01fe7c46777a9d40905af8d3933
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple compromised URLs is a high-confidence indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47aee2eb9f096ef88fb96fd66e504218/24408282914.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/66475482339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85b503f9081b7f21d812c8856d4d1d0b/17396514277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi2.com/contents/files/86233754745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praward.tw/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45d8777ab9d35247928438d7a4940c26/89316653246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herfon-machinery.com/images/ckfinder/files/20210713041420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210726_764935BA30F297B0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenapp.net/file/fimebizigomagubavakodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/71123709469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibk637ustmetrul2ilopprn45q/88120896862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/70777444189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/90953728089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35252223189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63a4b40a93---64267922805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cee169fe1d---62539158504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/barovixoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--c1acndkmcarx.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voroxineri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetourscadiz.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/21415688419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-miyaco.com/img/file/202164101731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f5fbjogl2stq5i26c1tjtdqu/reladazuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb5727abc6---wodumomama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/toduzurujukilefilexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhaphangmy.us/upload/files/bewokevuduxetobumibilala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd67da4c9577d313e0db9419a9b3205e/pewuvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=bethesda+handbook+of+clinical+oncology+5th+edition+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_off0000cb9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB9E 19616 bytes
SHA-256: 96969052072e7bac4da014cc51f1fc7066c5626286b37d69c4a6095f09f7c913
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF0C 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 91916fe76050b07c586c55fa5ad385237ec92c414a56f001857c6cade4495c68
font_02_sfnt_off00011956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11956 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1