Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92e8037a265d9935…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:15:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 78bad130c8a4d996a98245bec69aecb3 SHA-1: 2a44291dece6d5f760498b9b2d6596ad89a06e93 SHA-256: 92e8037a265d99355619a727328b498b8f6914cefd2d94dbab43397393606292
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This indicates an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=split+a+large+pdf+file PDF link annotation
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e584438a9---16214604500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/90769523886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76416374819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaors.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/34356823674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c32f8c618---kazigukoneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsk18r588io844u7v2edi3nlb0/81553672748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/zovodefuzijifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itspqb13jojvc7ffgolvnaa726/lesenilunapelevuvolapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aa719f9a06926e045e285cb65e5690b/tegifozelarene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2cba154a7e1f59a30ed5456836f4e8e/wivutujebodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d3a882a9f---98183391607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828559f2ad4---99472966852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ababba258c2---wipobez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liweisteel.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofarupixizipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/ponuvajuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd8631b14d---80223286827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovunapidoviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfeb445ab1d1191f725524cbfc311d62/85861262579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///fabebozokujoromofisupofib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-orlandini.com/userfiles/files/1009908632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/kexememoludepebaxubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhy-th.com/image/upload/files/bifilul.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_off0000d4f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F7 10356 bytes
SHA-256: f3036dbb6b269c974b60c30473f0981127d23947c19d7c7c9c4b06d274287910
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC42 17300 bytes
SHA-256: cffd62b6556a52a83117d71ce98a6c50a9ccecf8cb6691a230f1ac208f14fc5c
font_02_sfnt_off00011942.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11942 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1