Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92ef50e1b1eab595…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-10 02:02:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 97e3d756d15550fa62bc10a1bd2a1ee2 SHA-1: 3debe1b7619f5fa8c16b24d91a52ef9274f465ce SHA-256: 92ef50e1b1eab59532dd829501f6cc6fb381ed1c64608811791c7c89bcfdc10d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of multiple external URIs and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2260da4b9cadff3db7d91cd1525d0003/dapusawusipaloruvojetewu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rssgvitlt8bbia33ir282k24lc/naxibibujeburonozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844bd64746e---90966973391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafasolis.eu/userfiles/files/kisalolikusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4ed97fa1fb9564a6a7828f228b374e2/mekodogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/2021717730429577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4f7d5e04f---19732024494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f83461ffa5dfc1d7d4aeebac5f23ac75/bajeperinomisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d34886eebff---karelurepomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/33435489533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1248261833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/gusugovetinikivojupunok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltptech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/82620009322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/megoxegigisevutux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862f6b881e4---zemuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/10173665466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608544e02ae12---meliditetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/39479496442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/wugaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f96622c31797ce63838bfe28b4de80a2/67122794100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b740e1002---dotixugaxawuzodupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a543d62aab2---37937779824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbcc69dacf---lisibegasejitixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctlqpejgkig922p2bab9uv3e8k/45093686217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eedcd765555a0d7b3373b0770c090393/tafapexanedufupawazilasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b7ecbd3a2---sisajalezeronatawex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+understand+beta+hcg+reportPDF 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_off0000dc34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC34 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 18c7ebcfe607a529dd1742a242a1723c899e4a48fd825dd36a4f77c218f4a0b3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f539.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF539 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 720a0e08acdb026d53fb69aa0a306b22452531d188781aa51dced1ad896885f9
font_02_sfnt_off000121d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1