Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 892925443e9a550d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:13:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: aba9677bd97c97d2055ad29e987f6f33 SHA-1: 1ac5bb3425fb68894d3df8f4a058edd30faab4d5 SHA-256: 892925443e9a550dc626f620c605ea2a99c433ccf498446afe5f019a4bf2f73f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, several of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload. The presence of numerous links suggests an attempt to distribute malware via a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/ropuvonado.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/putagumasuzeboxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcuspietrek.de/MARCUS/files/file/zejebusizizevosifevotov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pagyesa.org/userfiles/file/20210905142802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e3507756c---97456011974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/wepeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a60a202d7d5ba6b2cbf36b079581b77/devoxinagefedowijuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e72428a092---6131416604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd29b4dd75e---39936390710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/rosesozix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3779f51a3bea742899f4a855f3376f9f/pewonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heydarbaba.org/resimler/files/davag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunghoangthanh.com/img_duhoc/files/25618774247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/pibexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a133a9dc767882b0e919ffb5b0dbf80/sarari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210705_9C839F945095EEF1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/xaterod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sage-chem.com/image/files/20210902_160053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/96820140160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ebc25e6c49cdc09d50245156c22955f/5548419663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa86316a43e6adfdc08c7a4a47b4fb40/xezupotelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domosplast.hu/files/file/21716760720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilephleb.com/clients/2/2d/2d2188d13063160162e6e2bbcdac547d/File/papaxudojujevuworekuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/gixexopemezifibituxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madspot.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98990996165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=we+yevgeny+zamyatin+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000b8a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8A3 18708 bytes
SHA-256: b5df3a82c5105788c2eb84faf533ea6ae142c2fbb40060b900031daf024e00cb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A6 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 756c0a3943c75a0c53ed2101cf38100e496b37c4da6aa7eddc2b0d102bedbc3d
font_02_sfnt_off000101b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1