Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92678198ba9dabb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-10-11 02:03:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 36b8e514678d1db132c6ed5f6f1f555a SHA-1: 8e525939062bdbd0d0d0859ae96108055418625c SHA-256: 92678198ba9dabb9e1d08ed5051387e8c77eae746a7df64bbe4db217b8850478
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious destinations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=19+number+numerology PDF link annotation
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0780c096b23fc7b292e5d7dfb8b3177c/rusawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f82601fd1dbe6bbc1c5f860c8f2dc81/55533462932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/gapogagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/65431531720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerama.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36344666288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/12149448722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iarmq8ad7vsa5l3qfdkc7d6nbo/60657738982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skulpt.in/admin/uploads/file/gukabovomeminekiwuruxekux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpt.taipei/asset/uploads/files/6120723766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/gaxamegozuvosusib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/12392839264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachts-trade.com/files/bazekogup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motecx.com/images/file/87856455231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615c27fee4ed5---80634148569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnwealthy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21538801981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155dcc391020---sejujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://touristclub.in/userfiles/file/13305143516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbev0bhje.xn--p1ai/images/news/file/55696322970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2888db2ff88bf6655089ef6fd5a6d737/vegukola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://justsayhi365.com/uploads/file/57675950385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2925c5a831b73b2e335de5d83d74c03a/67400936520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/ganedusutagukedupasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/9383742273.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_off0000d3b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC8 18592 bytes
SHA-256: 86c5cd9072f55051d17e52f211afd7eb0e4cede1466986fae53b593967540afd
font_02_sfnt_off00011b08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B08 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 66e053e1e2b08e18542f6ff70bc37dd8a187149aa029029809586c801556cbb2