Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92cd7c218b35b776…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-23 13:49:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 13a5a0358c25d1f30d805d90660139ca SHA-1: 318e6e0105f8808fbdd35fb47d7960c0859061f7 SHA-256: 92cd7c218b35b77692ad750e9bdc76036df4c31d2ea30f28f8e9918171d0c0c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://maxbrio.kr/files/files/94740418703.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5311e709b6---92711121735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.village-gaulois.org/gestion/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64567764870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19779b359738d89a4e6ef1ed480816d/52421740129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saveondealz.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/podifojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29a69afe734d86e05a7f4e8ff8b96118/lenokivinukovosidogoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/67203394881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff8457774d---23961463360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/87353199171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6998999930---51535883237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kb6i8endfu10pibsbu5m866b4/25741117768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kristenpell.com/userfiles/files/matasusenigozigilipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/posomegasebaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3fe176547617d868241c3c73d06e8b0/37367994455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f623109de4d---7209794697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/96476871026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobiliareborghi.com/userfiles/files/76953153833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c8aa3b2f02eda0083c9a686e3f28aac/xelamulazujemurotota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5c3b6c0df9643df23470eb5347d3770/tovatakiparaguvudome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/nuzepunigakokugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajinuxulenisopawotepaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3189c6079b---kasiguseju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a57d2089c0a0daff81c295688bae0eea/juvisonofibukubamogunir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnri28qt510ao1h6igsk76a9o6/bitulexogiraxoneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be07251541d---72089630915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/35588257736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=cold+sore+roof+of+mouthPDF 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_off0000e695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE695 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA7 16456 bytes
SHA-256: e5fa958a9408bf69366a2c97c33286e9f26ae9a6340881063e85f73916c125e0
font_02_sfnt_off00012931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12931 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 9dd18381c5ac5b3c9acb4d904daba743d28425975088193f8784fe044d01252f