Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 092806c6a56a092c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:29:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 99af1ad0f3c05309aa14ae6ab7a7138a SHA-1: 21263328426b0ac629a5d3567f37221fe01754ab SHA-256: 092806c6a56a092cd4de01a258909f082c8b68c4eab03fa72052bb6381e22a56
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure point towards a common attack pattern of luring users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=concept+of+self+efficacy PDF link annotation
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/xolupazisuxisadizobovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a352112f1b2---57595768428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c557da4e3---pijesegunegeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5500fb7dac16109acb9356f35838a8f7/2087513957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/36928344699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajansnigde.com/resimler/files/jomulasepazajasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamachine.nl/userfiles/file/81608730117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/sijajejaperonokovajip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--8--clcp3bi.xn--p1ai/files/9837393033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gistfamilyreunion.com/clients/8/8c/8cbf0a40baaab9dd4734ff2cdbb1e120/File/melewubefezute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b491bae5e7a---21562837689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/98538500382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0050d191281194c9051de4d19cc12570/56308117698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/99708241330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/946de06e5415fb62e7d08c2c8aeea31f/38765104232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u358m5l7men3s7a5r791s9rf37/65605881156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210630034924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/fumegejomuvovaguleluvodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/xojivivotimaxazipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53e8c1487e030bff0b4698bd8991ce8d/kivezanokinaroxuzulanipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e35a96261d5---meduteburijixizifikutopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608054549500a---sirulaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zajuborujapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b70a958a05d83f073c4b3eaf9838ff03/10272628724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehigh86.com/clients/13680/File/fisiwunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f88a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF88A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000110a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A1 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 238da958411d914838c4dfa397cfb977668928488932d2c57230b6004b589a1a
font_02_sfnt_off000128be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128BE 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 5069805ee4521c07b13485c9541bff59d9f2049d8d4b985b8b6a621f3983a62e

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