Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94ee935a0886873e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:09:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8d4aa36ccf651055d9fb31db82d383b9 SHA-1: 4e555a3df3e906ff0798256814ccad9eb861ed1d SHA-256: 94ee935a0886873e2570cdbf4519a3c781a7bf9f2de1462411314bd501cfa65c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs that form a link farm, with several pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these redirected links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

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 https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413eecc03a1---zunutoliju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hcbarrett.com/user_area/file/wabatoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coquicart.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/goxirorudilebugiwuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/danaminutekinorume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.com/uploads/images/files/vagawifexani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/50472916377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/98815080140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210915_020506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c6c2b34bd14e64c06eda160598377a8/35727341459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f20d62f13---taziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/zobarogalerulezibevogojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarigol.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/61539871410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mottaing.eu/userfiles/files/29411494436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/buvatufikojufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oskarmak.com/userfiles/file/zidigisuzafine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanaf.ru/userfiles/files/foraxamisalebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenzoum.org/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17879406188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3d20b5889---46187581571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/55515186245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8037332510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja.ua/userfiles/file/13903225031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fda0aae965---22298613545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/gunurofugowagive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tauthuy.vn/upload/files/bufejokimimal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=telugu+mobile+movies+download+2019PDF 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_off0000dcb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB5 16848 bytes
SHA-256: e5cd2b6d2a6d191c1996347ee8295f6ccbe748e46ccb534a6322115c4aaf759a
font_01_sfnt_off000107ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12016 11208 bytes
SHA-256: b5419310c79219ddaeba1e28b0e2061fb635c3054cad917823b56b01e27457e8