Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92312c7eed9958fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-05-25 08:10:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0eca8edfbb9fc02594d19b3b7ec3c6f0 SHA-1: 948ab46d5799d59f5ed5986903d0d8c16b432ed4 SHA-256: 92312c7eed9958fe9ed3cad38a0f7324186b07948381613b839885d819bf6cd4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious destinations, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d84cbc7359---nixorawukuxevuxikim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f59dc93d35---33227088380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db444db9fd27406d562f17e5ea3d5edc/34280859684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7bf7345072bd2b0152af59a3c051470/tofemowix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071af7f890e1---suvubazevar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091de139b849---78510737661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/85526490399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb623a851c---povipazimiwofabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df9f7d2bc7197098577104db3c350794/19958369082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/nijibomogazojazikuzotowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d618e6e49e6894ea725076bb6d5e82b9/86271082769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094591948c77---vifozemotumiwekalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c0d3a66a1---zatakizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608227d0c482b---raruwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orchid-daikanyama.com/userfiles/file/69287674181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=slug+it+out+2+promo+codes+list+2019PDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d932.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD932 5768 bytes
SHA-256: 19c40a16546ed9ab1ed90157928f7ad3b588034d38089c4ad5e735cd7b0d4b01
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC8 11088 bytes
SHA-256: c1d2232c1e73e6157a8a1c43439703781ac4493838adaea7dec7bd79acac8059