Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 092fd03f1c16439c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:54:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e40ac2edc520da21cde2704096ad3718 SHA-1: e45fbd945b7d86fb514a01b16544651e5213ebc9 SHA-256: 092fd03f1c16439cfd3eeca354a8a9af083621bd558a5d7179bfba52256f7b45
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/35291606856.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sunil.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/56587708746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventaipei.com/upload/files/46627480577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336f56df490---jopedomasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d1547ed30---10247847239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kejugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjuf50d51mm9osc4240ssu14ul/guzajazabobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ab51f6c995d6762b8794f65d38d22d/xagizezajobarepinabogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r7c19i2s0m2943u802mva6r857/kotaritenividofozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34202f20292201d1ffef667d0bdc1300/sujarelowajizasuwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/80503881040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youxsoft.com/uploads/files/foxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903cb104857---89423724534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607186c572539---manisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vetirujekigokulejara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083181da2467---89408519794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1485e7f764---patoxabizalojusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce348804e3e6b8a784fe9fa43e22b56b/26849347218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b510ec26b97---texutepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867ea50f023---54077489003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b42f325d6---5792556508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsst77.ru/upload/files/32227846936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=management+training+and+development+pdf+calicut+universityPDF link annotation
    • http://louisiana-arts.org.s150269.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/xugipoxowawezularu.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_off0000d8a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B5 15560 bytes
SHA-256: a0cd9ece7af483298093538e161cf5985f205e0123facbb1e6385bb5519b9214
font_02_sfnt_off0001180a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1180A 11236 bytes
SHA-256: ae31bb7aac7d49850eb597cb3c3ad1e046bfd96aebc1bc9531943a2d7c37d6d4