Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 926c8bff14e73f57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 12:53:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e6f89cd69774d8b7b6ad3c1374cac91c SHA-1: dc4f8140802c04e6648491788c8d66beba2afe00 SHA-256: 926c8bff14e73f571b47f6ef41e40f1ff4e16c800d47f2e50854af68d2b11417
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210609052146.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987fe2bec27---fotesojabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klubkanine.com/home/klub/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fujutenopomogajozuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97292047694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.plain-pied.com/editeur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11727232334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c21c7535e8---41704637304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/avtetuuokee1u98lemf4vnurh6/diromef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df83b3354088296f89ff0b5fb4072eb7/zoleduxigorasazitowijigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/pasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa92764112d3abccd43f0ddf9667491a/penuwuravafugofeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39744353536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/58395032244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corporatiegids.nl/uploads/files/56183831554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608091efcb217---dogigezerewuzomixadari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021071404234853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/34794561128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhbachkhoa.info/upload/files/tosugilojowatulelesodakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c348e1ca66---zukofetewajefuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8644e979ea8bbd1db6e23f824b3afec/xininomopijogonogodopojab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4aae55f6b0b329922af1bec35f80279/80423828199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9324871ddc404074539a15f564fc85a4/seselom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/sixafakagijajiwukazanomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a03c0b3c1---68892709930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+debarred+in+englishPDF 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_off0000e5d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5D7 18992 bytes
SHA-256: b7baa731c963770d611e870077f7cba3efc34b84147216c158c24fa28822c2ac
font_01_sfnt_off000117b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B8 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 9213d4c5c9c083dfa60c35b759780ee809d65bdfad37e2274451e63bac99c7c0
font_02_sfnt_off00012fd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1