Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c94cc5a7cb31384b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:48:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ae09ff81a04b8f8067666710c2247805 SHA-1: 1e1827e4277fc6737cacbf0c978020a7d745615a SHA-256: c94cc5a7cb31384b2685c4f1f4f1ccd54e3e9ce85051adb32069bab36e381f00
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for distributing malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3de4be7cfda9ae0a275308a5ed8fb65d/92762120232.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/lekidisekufoxovexurelusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91c3e12faaf92ff0e47998669fb6073e/98407841036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801e4b16b34---74709531771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/534144154fab12eab2cbecd1f2d4a757/23609426743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/80210124367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/jojipopozowuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072181655c59---liwadedezigadokuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rpljqu4pcepnfcn1v25hg658e/sivozomizira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/81488767152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af4dfaf4d7f0ce5b1459270e580272ec/86197185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/dumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/botibokaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a932feaf03f---wubipimalesuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a95fd0b07fe1480b741d13e33c303b42/96012862802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/886181b4569b6cca7eaa023dd7016879/59796008151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dighakanchaninternational.com/FCKeditor/file/61015076342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77d99a6721ecd705d6423ad9bc849ab8/9302395505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9fd28b804---441299323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/detudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfe31a2adad137e1d4b0011fde86c1cb/10391528049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/95450529008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd6k7ifmuji8lvj6dsflobjntd/losusunazidajisegiwuxepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=jeremiah+9+23+and+24PDF 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_off000121bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121BC 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 98656604a7d9834dc1a6f515acb3ffdb29bf4a0b90b744ef3ba77740a68cec50
font_01_sfnt_off000139dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000151ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151EE 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 5d4d3a4363bbde34876ecabd9c5ceda7be25b91143c71b8e8fb2ae7db6256b63