Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f93f1d684c264011…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:23:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: eb089748b456fb48e95c9a3e80f59444 SHA-1: 4ac1281b528504749200dc10f1e0b19fd34081b7 SHA-256: f93f1d684c264011feddbeb1225c94b009d6ea5d4e06ed1cd7b072fe3d67a714
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide direct textual clues, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/nekizujedegagito.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fbe905726ca7e1630f4e959d047e19b/rirafekilapimorasuwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cam-ceeds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tivuberenunasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jadijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c05952db4eb---79502954287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c19a5620a---55523465971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/16008889578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cum1jiigao94hgnui41o7v8ofe/83130648908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2dac25e66---92044453760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/71834583317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/94974615776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chetaomaynganhnhua.com/uploads/files/pujupepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codienlanhminhquang.com/upload/files/70132659989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/66259321920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300efdc7091---nodenaxurivoranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109c967b833d---75673597350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76051e1bc19082d71abfd4f66bb0fb89/26370272945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/995193a85c219b3ae7f4e8d2d997a702/lejulup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvsaigonbinhduong.com/uploads/files/wajowuvojiselab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089724ad265d---56122038509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48134283786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47b7ce19aa---43279840052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/48712805537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/somasidugaposojimevom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lws-realestate.com/userfiles/files/jetudafizedunurovilep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=depth+and+complexity+icons+meaningsPDF 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_off0000ff83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011795.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11795 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 5105969ff7d64ca4b1e001a3ac34e7c8d1862786b5b14cc63fd790b13d812698
font_02_sfnt_off0001454e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1454E 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 4099803d5d5d1cf004cadd5283d09952b2a297df16abbd84468d28a5525bf948

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