Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2092dfb70fe09730…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-08-01 04:50:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c37fabc0d6f49df28302accd584a2704 SHA-1: e592429f7cb60b60ae1a3aa1639fbded5e2dae76 SHA-256: 2092dfb70fe09730dac8044a58dde004c7dfe6c995e14376430a70b653ec24ce
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the nature of the hosting point towards a social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/xeviwevabudexijod.pdf
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/tukiseditifega.pdf
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c732fa4945---lunapojudirikavexowuj.pdf
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081404ad121a---77453113911.pdf
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42954792782.pdf
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/90057652757.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/90798387144.pdf
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pigafezakoteme.pdf
    • http://vuonlan.vn/data/upload/files/6671031586.pdf
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/40720652713.pdf
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/35622683225.pdf
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94963617028.pdf
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/venamadubesunekiw.pdf
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/531c610610a3958841c9b1b3879e6d9f/kajoboxoxulajudal.pdf
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_F29CE527E53791DC.pdf
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e90163e0fc---baputonamometolip.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrlk2ufbc0g03oq5o50j1q8iu6/rofimozetadali.pdf
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/vonigujodow.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c5482c766---68045865068.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3377c2ed21---64738723190.pdf
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-2/20210702165932760064.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+legends+skin+hack+2021+app
    • 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_off0001195d.bin
26730a6b686e2bf0e985fea180087bedc2e85677b3245fc10009e1b75ad3c8c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1195D 11116 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000132d6.bin
dcf4706297163aacdb5aac8037b16b855f20e25fa01a6af57e11a987456c4cfa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132D6 17648 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000160fd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160FD 16792 bytes