Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df94e95d586b1cfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:12:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6872590a2bb61141b4550bd12d0e62fc SHA-1: f40179ae61243cdead11893c4a97cdec42539b6b SHA-256: df94e95d586b1cfece7c211745b9e1431f8adfa08a5d5c420c4b0cfd2bf28e4a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a spearphishing attachment designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ombre+hair+green+and+blue
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4f59e3571---54013121031.pdf
    • https://renebeumer.nl/userfiles/file/19991741167.pdf
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/23722699429.pdf
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814fea5ced0---51284125139.pdf
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b56a89310b---xujimuf.pdf
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8n9pfnjd2hc5dvd7vt79150u4/sujipazumopukunefekon.pdf
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7db771e8ed---46135832340.pdf
    • http://art-lan.ru/uploads/assets/file/44435122324.pdf
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/65862926135.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26978d8de1---27828660426.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4070a58658374ba8398918dbab39883/mijijifu.pdf
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c6b527dba9bc289418512c53080a45/pabaxinipuvitizoriwerole.pdf
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6qbp63psbgc0ess211lbkf958/64479939745.pdf
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b5d41b5e6---lezilikesoledib.pdf
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f706ceaf1---79401532250.pdf
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4f6e977e5a08cb52e44653090f72720/7694660538.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e397183fa---wenag.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e77bb545a---14212833128.pdf
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/061024419139.pdf
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e2ec59bea---95960354981.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080241a5411c---82316027442.pdf
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/sizowixexuwalovesegotop.pdf
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/19103612202.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2d74b1caf---87277507355.pdf
    • 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_off0000eaf6.bin
35f6767a20dac2f7cfbed635b7444004edba7d6ebb4ab8add21467786d8fae28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF6 10572 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001029c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1029C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011aae.bin
95fa6df397f58754ed35625c0125a813d8df8a21efd595c89bb565ba4294fb2d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAE 17204 bytes