Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92edb190fbf80cb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:26:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 17b6d2312ccd6e2e2aa9158fcc5dc7be SHA-1: 7d61fa1fabc2f0ffcffc6e52077206bf18f0fc06 SHA-256: 92edb190fbf80cb98eeb3f862eff6695c94ca878acf1266294fbfdc186d0bc15
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to external sites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm is a common tactic for these types of attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://roomart.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72245525446.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/batuziketofuberiwirumodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/16251683867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5bauco52p2o8u6kk2oen8lsl1/37318555461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianina.dk/upload/file/xafixonazerowojig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbjcazdrhzgiddbbcsg4l.xn--p1ai/pict/file/kofafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rojipijemusudotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/jilirikasezera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0017aeb58e---41280603941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096131ebb1d5---1751473479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilaide.com/upload/editor/file/pawuselimujobazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9545fd1019---47938155047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicamarsala.it/userfiles/files/26859469313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/nedorejejafegezojujaven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106b42a3aeea---fijiperefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eeun2nuft2gcnvlamt8qqam36/rixefimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/56422185279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b75963de3---veforetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5de233c5a1---furejubexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/wukofagopekuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95b7de2f3b---86940634583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainternacional.com/userfiles/file/vowebajimulidival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=messiah+college+foundationPDF 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_off0000e605.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE605 18400 bytes
SHA-256: 4cb723af468c38ce69b5ca0ae1e4852c80e2f8c0f594d7438317b38329473b0f
font_01_sfnt_off00011627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11627 10748 bytes
SHA-256: b15cb1b5261ca725e0846f5c26770e8603b1a76868553b2d90f6821bc7483cc1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1