Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92a0ad16a028a1d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:18:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: eddc624209dcba7e32b837a5eef21287 SHA-1: 257d3522e8487a2fd118965adb30ab420f4d929e SHA-256: 92a0ad16a028a1d22b8d1d357e07ee64289dc9bba323507398048a0fdc5c1d5e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple external URLs, many of which host further PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dn630fj6tpabnhiesr1rccbs96/93639435708.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/takajiwala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dadf11b8b0d668a0333a60bc4e5b246/41324242315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents//files/21936066918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/66666625761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608263591ac93---67578187736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sesconbs.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55972000676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99bbe3d70ebab20d35db4f64f565b443/58251188709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/28341699847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitataxunufumemediz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/puvobukove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41e75ea3aa136e1ca6b2d8b06d1d3216/sopinimevela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39748562151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3c2e2c2a8---bikosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/43838631244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qtuenj71b3ruiua7cptsbuqa4/fusajazopizazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/lubuguli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodfortune.hk/UpLoadFile/file///rubamibajoxirowerawadesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pecsimutargygaleria.hu/files/file/84693813466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f75983dcce1498b39310814cb1ad7a6/40821837712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/tozaligijavafotivurijovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e07d5125d4---mabobomufapenugonaxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/19872491760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-n-nate.com/files/files/97237565898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c8bb5191054cb390bc9188a14b809ff/36204368977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38215b4927---xofivudogoposabasogumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=present+tense+ar+verbs+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d3ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3CA 18460 bytes
SHA-256: ee3f4a60161020bf5b1be41bd01f16bbda3e48113781139e6686ebaba69f9978
font_01_sfnt_off00010453.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10453 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C6A 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 0c3f183789bb609d0b765bb9e8ae261df72ae8b81aae8a191974638af6d9cd91