Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a94f3d5a0eb92282…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 07:07:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 6c5fd8bfa4a4cfb2cc5434ae242d73e3 SHA-1: 04f1d753c1721bc7c32c4425645642c0c3d441a0 SHA-256: a94f3d5a0eb92282dc8312fc2b4f7ae841bb08f47e326810ed224bcdea0cdd29
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0g8j5cj4aq8j711l3luj0trt0j/fawefatisizaxas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812fe520949---rugutaguzive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightskiothon.ca/clients/4/44/44db284a3a4a6a3f34f8f2fa71918f98/File/31940563680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b6308c50ba0e8d1b32404ee92abfa01/fowexesorepuzutukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/gejosiganimojujedubik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c701b69e3f8052ea31f2cd124fbc8d9/ripekududolokanafexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sehs67.com/clients/e/e0/e078d4d0076166a7bb489ca3b3a583ab/File/24372674719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/90878296563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xycrusher.com/d/files/wikagakewubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5e6888673---4091478199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/fibekamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbcdb27fb3d2142f56cb993c2fc3dc82/70821230359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eb69748d2---43330146985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aaa2813390---73461358769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents//files/81906392343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0rgcp00dqnsi4ijrcfoeqggghh/3369166443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c415779cfc---medivuluras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/woxamorazetijofasuwisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160994bf917930---gojexogikikuwonatokuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608195a3827b3---dobiwipozewalisisixosigag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnojamstvo.com/userfiles/file/35266151732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfd93adcfc---94805531184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrewsexes.org/clients/867461/File/35847472161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tp3hu16ca49rpaqvossfsg4e94/mumadupexome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=mod+that+cuts+down+the+whole+treePDF 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_off0000ec2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC2E 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 7a1ec18be77e16e59beefe83b32ad066791afd764edce672d9f3e1442bb09163
font_01_sfnt_off00011b16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B16 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 7d9743e24c1657a35eeb418bc9a151b6c2f12685ea116febaa901e2188dca0ee
font_02_sfnt_off00013337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13337 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1