Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92957d5d87300398…

MALICIOUS

PDF

153.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 22:22:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6e2ce4749f7652a8f1161db82b4377eb SHA-1: 7caa4a422c2b285827a3f1a8464aa86977292b0e SHA-256: 92957d5d873003983981b4bb7db6a525a0354937f445b7d6bcee90baf2d8abfe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is the attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9733

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 https://birotex.rs/images/files/zebivuwimibun.pdf
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41bb1c1465ccaa731f74ea95d72ab9d/63387821779.pdf
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b3d702c83---jasejimenira.pdf
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/459da05de75b8301c5982bfdb419b92c/87760219816.pdf
    • http://hebammenglueck.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68688910361.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa7ed7a766---33795057235.pdf
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bcdc5b2c0b---xagatedakurudawite.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1521692fe---jopivasolajifeferigaxibo.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d686eab56ea---sunizetiton.pdf
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/55001387453.pdf
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/soevp5mklrronfpa55g9b0nh7q/55902979228.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c59d582ffa985afbc50443babe0b1fc/porelal.pdf
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7f82a838d16897f7824120d5a224b60/jadenadakumopu.pdf
    • http://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/zawasowire.pdf
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/ziwozebasaxon.pdf
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be33dddc1d4---kitezixosotebowupazor.pdf
    • http://vietsaovang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vabomitowirot.pdf
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/42780489325.pdf
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6b3632961---64244883910.pdf
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/70946058550.pdf
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27d280aa9d---19859435212.pdf
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/63034549019.pdf
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/86885732490.pdf
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/rewabikabuwuzedidudo.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ju7fma88ua0s1b5fpio3h8vvn8/34137182386.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+chestnuts
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001dea5.bin
6d302f3cd563128c9a67921dad3b9e30eebbb2d653b35a53e138bde672c83364
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DEA5 20916 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00021329.bin
c37856423020799c7e6bd7750bd799804fad600153469658096162cc40620d68
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21329 5800 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0002270a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2270A 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00023f21.bin
9451e783f43296fff83ec7fd3e3a64eda4fd7307f6a9ed660e4db2d495b15d47
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23F21 10356 bytes