Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92ca181445aab8b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:36:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5d3737e54741c07df44d5e09d4ebddf2 SHA-1: 23d69aca6543e970d67309702afde32288cd940b SHA-256: 92ca181445aab8b3c3621fa4592237d0b9a952cf68da6be5d7f8a0cbe1a0543c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=issues+in+oodbms+pdf
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3de35d2a6a06d6dd631386b1961a9f08/17949787268.pdf
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/negapavoregenowanofuxa.pdf
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/53067422401.pdf
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3aa484434e---zakozavifudu.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db813be185406c90979b063b8983f4f3/fovizaz.pdf
    • http://a1climbing.com/userfiles/files/38961884169.pdf
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/34482019414.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103192b0fbf5---ravifududupadununit.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161342d1905a50---17008626589.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608077a5d605d---59324429452.pdf
    • https://digbijoynath.in/iisc/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/89880612487.pdf
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/disuledotisubudiro.pdf
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29803247824.pdf
    • http://yousefmaktabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23215858197.pdf
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/pitogexi.pdf
    • http://phillipsbrothersmill.com/clients/6/65/65192871cce8a6e36080a9ebd2808b02/File/97386983566.pdf
    • http://tai-group.com/upload/files/fedevunewovinevimev.pdf
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/17994177992.pdf
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/soxakotukefaledalanixomop.pdf
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a192cfc5a007047904cd6e6bab14637b/2942205744.pdf
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/90856145944.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/92648202199.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4ckr3fmojblplk41sq34onnco/xamavudagamogakaxal.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed24.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED24 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001053b.bin
7bb3a534e419ca1286399d64adf32bbf07c018f85109f0c0e428c2ec8d610f11
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1053B 10444 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca1.bin
2452ce3201838775251c230fef8393e92bb9a55ae7450d70e204cbd30521de14
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA1 18072 bytes