Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e92c628f022521f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 14:32:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b77d83ebb5fe60ca99c453719ec884da SHA-1: e9a8c935c9405d3ec3a7624a3d61f5c28c66d203 SHA-256: 7e92c628f022521f9982fc430987f6d588792f412bf94959b8b085fdf26186ed
276 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including PDF link farms pointing to compromised CMS uploads and a lure requesting recovery secrets. The ML classifier strongly flags this as malicious. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external URLs and the nature of the lures suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content, likely through a phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Recovery secret / private key request critical SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE
    Document requests recovery phrases, private keys, backup codes, or saved passwords. Requests for these secrets in a document are high-risk.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=qr+code+studio+1.0+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://netcentricnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roloroxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiecarriere.it/uploads/file/88871295673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buyafranchise.org/files/files/37676236860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gradn.ru/uploades/fckeditorfile/17264833901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/54151673839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restaurant-lyons.fr/userfiles/file/63276293440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0293cbe2fa154c45c6610dda2d6b0121/pedabiwexizawen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesgo.de/userfiles/file/vijepawavikosawovepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aesg2edcv.handylover.com/upload/files/muluwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/buxisiwaruzoradufuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxplus.in/images/contentimages/files/48708886271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villapellegrino.it/userfiles/files/sukozofixetebadoxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3897d02d4fa100ddd669cfac76be6bf6/50758205849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pegastelco.com/pictures/files/23880088059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbeach.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/89716062985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210913180622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f23d52d619---likunijoneborotafupovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/81100696129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/28889860768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96stone.ru/userfiles/file/52780064061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e770187aa3---wapogejakina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/kenadasifomuxajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compow.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxobus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907092653448130.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_off0000dc9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B1 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 8e0e48e42a70834b5587fd52edfcc440aea6aa05c8890fabcc433f5665629beb
font_02_sfnt_off00010e5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E5D 16992 bytes
SHA-256: 97905674bceec381964701e72421001039edf30787ae822462c7f2200e463bc3