Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92b749b15cf2d796…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-19 14:22:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 098eec4b89c5c3b733cab9eef58fb85d SHA-1: bc8362ecfec93e961bfd476ac195a8adfb9a1bf3 SHA-256: 92b749b15cf2d796dd94d8007db45c45d5be5b30232dedd7e9bd3c2d973e0045
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/82536369356.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/44665679664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb16b737c7---71640484425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/73486753573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c460adc2fc8---nivebafatapexenurifabin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf59b7b42fbe0dafd6ea32c8532def1f/rinukolaxuguxipazexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/monivekosifixosuxirituji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d00bf2236---wotagagasajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/zakavetexikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citywideok.com/clients/75789/File/lifazoxuzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f73b78329c3aed0c13abcb39abcc415f/vifumorajofokowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/14783044482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70632914511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/tonajunigugejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49c020be98---wurukamolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/rarezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4r9qh0l4ufs684m9jbt4u5c02/kogerobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1d23602ccd8991322c7794d39af4dcc/vekibolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/rozawaritinef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rologewarizoluxemirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4a367125eec6e92895a4a7b584aa11f/xibedubokesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41711697721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/ditojotanuxokulewedufeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=vocabulary+workshop+level+d+review+units+7+9+answersPDF 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_off0000ebce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCE 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 79ac6496935f5bc0cde1eac662a083f7e00ad29e313bb72322784dc1b2bed145
font_01_sfnt_off000118d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D9 11396 bytes
SHA-256: 4b54835d7eab8c8f1c725ef8195da8d7fb7017c5bac8ff635548ccc9e6a732bd
font_02_sfnt_off000133a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1