Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92ab57f0fc4f0f01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:59:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2f6afa5b9d4ca42cde5bf2d351309d5f SHA-1: 97655227bf3a9c9a13b28e6a897bb0148cbdc32b SHA-256: 92ab57f0fc4f0f014b12f7b9be948ec7220e1b6d25a5ec6121e854a642e33ec5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of multiple external URIs and the nature of the detected heuristics strongly suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f63bf8aa85---95222166124.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcdceace06---nedanatekup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0571dc4726---walut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evboosters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65c6de243ebd8c6ef28406ca88c4503d/lokiriludinivotazuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/xikifuwizewujaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cccf408ba1---keluno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d4d976406830a2658ddcaa5f88dc579/rubowadevudedolagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928a27f242b---36352714914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/nenubufakubolepijerebava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/49189841786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/42503575430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/29641734721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210625231527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/7534969435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ees0p97s4qfkmghjd1o52qmkin/mujokilopomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608802a4cb43d---tujixibopoximutedurapewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b4d3bdb733279202935e8b38d2feaf/minofovopamofimozolebux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/wizabuledawoxatofajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608377e1113bb---38599016571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5af5ea0ee---sanoxusujovesilulununemiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d26dd03e7ff---nidowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/15858191188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.houstonorientalrug.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilefoviziwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021061119113639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea0eb064f5---14870036081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+closed+stratificationPDF 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_off00010c17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C17 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 5b643a7f21c7396c82fe3dd26865cdbc7bee361c43a76b084c49e8af6bc9438c
font_01_sfnt_off00012529.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12529 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D3B 17940 bytes
SHA-256: 557516b3c35c1822be98ad889404772f4b3043b9f48cbaaa7ae2b88cbe51cc57