Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92c37e5bd837e4e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:49:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e0ad14c05deda78584695f3e025aeaa4 SHA-1: 7987761768fc4f9524c105526713602a7312c4b0 SHA-256: 92c37e5bd837e4e6f40958741ed635b140e7bbe8b53aea328697bae3d6a2e5d0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, indicated by numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malicious content or provide sensitive information. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm points to a broad distribution effort.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://veszpremlizards.hu/_user/file/kovukamomopatebepilubovig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cbg9dihj7egda2g6a7dceb1d2cp4nvgf4f.com/datas/files/kilige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/86267858903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/kufanojopajegipew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jt3vi2f8i9lq64cjtaapd5g5p4/14151796946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unityproductions.com/upload/files/71459824980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdale66ersreunion.com/clients/c/c6/c679c52642bc64dd8629b98fb95ccc77/File/namijolivolesune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/71882663527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812b980dea4---53167649176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2csl8v2b9bj9ta6q39534jfhis/korolenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6350f729bcfe14cdce51eefd04c1921c/lupopolunozireg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b60a835afa2e98d6d9e74f96ac5493ad/bilijisipudimikali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf17d00e368---14453639478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e3ca38bd1---juboti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/12943638742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99ef3b5ffa98588acd356c6d26c801ae/34284253787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bokqd5u32qnjd50e0vqafisev4/pamixedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8daa04a8790d21ab0de8039435a4413/70891508393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenteriyaki.com/uploads/files/15136211593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillhouseclassof1961.com/clients/c/c9/c9b049383fb65e98d0a4dcab6c176392/File/46805385500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3efa23c3ad5356cef335f1dabdf44eeb/batesironifojaruwebitapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/84095606827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/muwutovofekuzifomasawusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=vacances+scolaires+maroc+2018+et+2019+pdfPDF 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_off0000d29f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD29F 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 654c2f42ffa226f3b28bf502af4876c2b762a459b2000f3c14bfbef28a7cc8cd
font_01_sfnt_off000100f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F2 11420 bytes
SHA-256: 7cf3a3748506fc134e4380d991e6dbeaabc2bd3faccc6077aa67b78205840687
font_02_sfnt_off00011bfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1