Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92edadc3c3640491…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 23:55:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c5a5d6ea1d014f90ee46a2491a459319 SHA-1: 3bd296d6f85a489f734c37bd7c5a61a18897dbf1 SHA-256: 92edadc3c36404915246dc2a1e92d98c43861570a73dd064e2bd1d2074900e23
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites via a spearphishing attachment. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/64678454572.pdf
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37650273563.pdf
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b33d8caa160---91702699608.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085063315e79---77013560436.pdf
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/kaxobilofagipel.pdf
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/72737337804.pdf
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/41813278659.pdf
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/37974595889.pdf
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11fdb6fef6bbcfe6bb762fa919ce5c61/52457519388.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d34n18iekhgb3oud7odag43pg/viwexanulomarezafodetef.pdf
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/buvetigitogoki.pdf
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/bagolebubijexa.pdf
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/fizivepur.pdf
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfa0a63be4b895b92ce1b9a5f65d2583/42475271555.pdf
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/29985765342.pdf
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b04bef131---resipekapitewarof.pdf
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79608dcd7b---9918551341.pdf
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/33636461452.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f146b68cb---fexadalobuvosavodatitoza.pdf
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/35713709601.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehl9ml712bjhsqdkukugph7lcf/77325979666.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd151394de---roxuzarivixijax.pdf
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b9927665c---52055964264.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d8a36c0bc---miporug.pdf
    • http://arslanemlak.com/E/file/51163894452.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf21d36e37---18763703363.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=played+with+crossword+clue
    • 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_off0000eed7.bin
de96726dc172396bc828b15d8826e03f9d2f3a1c6e2d63fa9d45760b4e45f6be
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED7 10664 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001077e.bin
3a466086e3a08caae9b290e2dbe501072e1a196330ccef055ee5359bb0c1d568
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077E 17104 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000133e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133E1 16792 bytes