Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92bbcc0e17fe54dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 16:45:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 61a8e5f3d7c99210b98e3b2579d187b9 SHA-1: e8b0158f02a906037e3f5381ea6ab3613685bd8d SHA-256: 92bbcc0e17fe54ddd12eded4102209ebd76cce7cb77e9ba16138de526a22b386
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links are likely part of a link farm designed to host malicious files or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

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://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8783454509---reremetubuzej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/tulevojexoxixanigixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ce117023b---lozek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/xabawanukovukagasan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b91e7464d7---35223362166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c0a0d262e---potubejilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c7803863cf0f73c315774937a89ca47/jonokoxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/bagesomigilisesuvume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/55855259632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d222c0d6bc2bf3e0ba70762492c09c18/vuxabesosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c281adca3---bebuzibidokabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/mabasuzebezowaxategofag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/sevitibelapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvuhr12kj2d04e26534ud4cv71/41414402817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e769b281b1---ganofefarugorid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c71f33d617---52175880134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925846a7c0a---86675830656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/sudesolojube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardlankin.com/clients/86087/File/62530000724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f87528c6b---piwabowawawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eafc4c6dd151ec22f228f73f7dc752e7/57955910488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/062043138082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=songs+that+use+assonancePDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/79545422017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ec59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC59 10444 bytes
SHA-256: f14fb51543015cc96490d58aa10ad59ab2f4d3a7e98d315490f91a93b9074fd2
font_01_sfnt_off0001040a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1040A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C1C 18152 bytes
SHA-256: 07fb425525117ee334aca6563041e71215248c3d09f227cebe7438f876fa1fcc