Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92ab794c37c84c6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

130.0 KB Created: 2021-07-15 10:25:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2a9e82dc295e38dce196002070d14059 SHA-1: 05f0c0d087b566c7bec5bfb1cf74a02d640105cd SHA-256: 92ab794c37c84c6cf043c3f234c4620c76d696593365929b7de2d5f754732be7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/104c78f75a9f15e7e0477d2830025766/delolabewuwuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7816ba28f6---sateleboxurivenijiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/up0hds94n853rek575jdcqnka3/3281795828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/93493853082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/20075280704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/domopamafamofega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsydesign.com/userfiles/jws/files/81224421597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca312f4fd26---kesuwafigopitaluvonafaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/1327723702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/pakalesizitivomozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsalumniauditorium.org/clients/f/fa/fa32e32112b7cad64a7d7e78b95ed61b/File/limowozonewibilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd7fac84d5d32f1ceb90e67ed799a77d/27285851518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76e82347f4af0c2d42235bab813e3c16/10171990060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orrizon.ru/images/file/fekosofajigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qlf732t7l3896jj9c2k9rkls3/vikixatavunekijawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7tlp3c23d2kd26i1ios1d7qe0/wiropajuvefamesajuxubus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/vakezugovejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojitukeleguwexezowopigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctsjwhs.com/clients/0/08/08395bc9c2b8280888f0dabd04457394/File/61557688212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/gewefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77372b6a98---1940475589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f103827c08---71971548798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35435d08ea---lugibevowigujonezawewejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19391cb15041fe94c29fac5ac3afff10/fomotogesilaxumuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=woody+and+bonniePDF 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_off00019a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19A41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001b258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B258 10076 bytes
SHA-256: 8b8ab714aaffcea2de3aa4799846f437cb0d958f39b729e827baf7dae38058e5
font_02_sfnt_off0001c8dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C8DD 18332 bytes
SHA-256: 9b3f85069f0cba1bf364dbd11b209a7b690941836314240fe86bbc9c77852fd2