Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f93805bcc89d0bc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 15:03:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a83989488cb8efeb176b976ae3f63d09 SHA-1: 435ac08ffdfb2720a68f42ceba7bec7e76947bdd SHA-256: f93805bcc89d0bc511ceabcdcfd9a2b2c32f4578fd80d8c1cefd6f26ea75b07e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or submitting sensitive information. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of disposable hosting reinforce the phishing and distribution nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d3338ac639699fb0500834e67ff6f06/47382321105.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dorfadvertising.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93886111659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e55913d9e3f---85942317712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavclearing.ru/upload/files/91174073942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyberbirddog.com/userfiles/files/goved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce277f2e44d---63200844107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/nugafisulutipejowukozone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d339a6fa6---rogewujivegeronirelikara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/dibewesigitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eefc8743c1c2a6e8ec6d9e6e3cf8343/rogapuvesasivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents//files/bevufetepodavusewivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7af91b8c3fb323e565874b4d1bf9e372/78286280603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d65164fef38810725067c90f3738b2c0/goguxamotanamivokavapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/kosoribevilepolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2a8d81258---83083712459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/tirivemuxomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gjbbang.com/userData/board/file/74339224652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38849804124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ce9d448d5---57465865932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/24222630784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fddb0a87732---wajewavunasujaroriko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapfenberger-schuetzenverein.at/userfiles/file/26869584287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodentpetrosino.it/userfiles/files/55768236773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/3509708156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809248c011c---lafedaverizidejasefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e796175e72c---55575812430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ultra+hypofractionated+radiotherapyPDF 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_off0000e3e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF8 17788 bytes
SHA-256: 3804ef63a5a284d36d0e32c640fcee3c5d549de00755e43b49c7d95b0f55bf09
font_02_sfnt_off00012a17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A17 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 8cc5da4f573170fd9408cad63e9f2ea49c9d12e24a70fcb630d88f0f50977d1c