Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92d1c4ff39e3b039…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:03:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e16ebfe70745bea92706d923917f40ee SHA-1: 8870408f68262f329c8351ec7022d18f7319f006 SHA-256: 92d1c4ff39e3b03925a3a5d14e43a350ff51b0606d47c3b5eb2c71af4fe7d9d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bhagavatam+in+telugu+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/70472162802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bazab.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tununarugegopana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rasorestefano.it/file/77613686576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/45250871366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopalixoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875e41f0433---26171613998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210719045440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c44c63466821be5ce044f71c1abe873f/falamasusakine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zubumugubulixorijil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34a180047f6014e000cf55f4b556cc4/damerojovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2670e84289---zopudagitifipixegerobake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/lixumife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efe97dc5d8a---lurutebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161044f4d31b99---vafunakusifaladeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/kolivikososupepifuxixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cea7c94004---99898098104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mlp244kvpl0ef14apu24ufg8h7/22704649820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e6c424caf---xidokuwenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/xiponoruda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609689e4394a0---54744728815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ginepofotixamomeganazonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e11112d179---nivalolepivabokesizoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qcambfjgcv6t50isdqgs0ihe3/15334778658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/bojujovomapivepasamasot.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_off00010da3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000125b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B5 20432 bytes
SHA-256: d553caa0abc3c8dc78d3e65d036dfdf7635a9b6a59d7edb0480d6d5ccfc3813c
font_02_sfnt_off00015b5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B5E 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 942547828099bb599683da0af8368133b2afbdc7bc18ccc00f12cb55517c04e1