Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92d172ca21c2b4c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 06:53:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8fde1d18d51f217367f2fea23ccdda1d SHA-1: d88b04d716cf76f33f7aabeae43e063ec926fd76 SHA-256: 92d172ca21c2b4c064511f532b7216eaff9f6ae0620d11035033e5c2ce66962b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to obfuscate malicious links or exploit vulnerabilities. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://liepasmuiza.lv/userfiles/library/79672016114.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f331ede475---konatuterogowukasuxusof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seidels-mineralienwelt.de/images/uploaded/file/redadozape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdb4905971---zigilopafojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/dolesuwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/gufemewofefoxutadub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1613065b7e1da7---vinifufak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366873482d0---49661819079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://touchpanelpro.com/upload/files/17728892839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/wodiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intekcanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foguruvaguxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutka.pl/media/upload/files/75526885fbe379cc41f2ec10ca71b03f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/43627709322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graveyards-fuj.ae/userfiles/files/15943047811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scsytech.com/upload/files/70367292078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djpress.pl/Image/files/datozixosobatatadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139083c12734---10365410999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/53473530948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b4d650677---julusujolalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddc-touggourt.dz/ar/files/60338744370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zangerlelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mazolubomub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613707196fa75---96371550709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/jujifarebabilesulopumime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=miss+you+brother+quotes+from+sisterPDF link annotation
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88768735823.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_off0000d8b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B7 10660 bytes
SHA-256: b1158e758ae1a41c691d9be1fc503ef0a01ed91a4dd5ffef05e3528e5c11f6bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f13c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001094e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094E 17328 bytes
SHA-256: dcbe60bf834893a0ccf6f76c5a0d7f9f417f0b57f2da7f5db80bee8035c00158