Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92efc71646c10392…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-08-15 21:05:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 59bf4408a670fe2ca620c3a8846ab731 SHA-1: a806bfb3a587bcebb966a0e5829c29194347d301 SHA-256: 92efc71646c103925419493fdc268d8569b862d6e6f7dd6c103da8d300918085
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a lure to trick users into clicking on these links. While no scripts were extracted, the overall structure and URL distribution point towards a phishing or redirection scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/fizozazigev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://slaterlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8f2fd33041eca113834854284332c8f/lomuvobemijizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b844e159415---zaresipisupesujozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisewood50th.com/clients/3/35/35ca2b70ae131fa39667c240906a3fe4/File/74764944371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djk-winkel.de/images/uploads/file/nidisepedowape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ek07qt4iocin6bvfm6o1stj1k/bezudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbdfd35071350c8e69e875f1beb40128/62759824200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/15910487386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radiosalsa.fr/php/rs/filesupload/file/4408190800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scapetime.net/images/website/user/files/pumozipisajaxerujopekaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/65063908965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099da20d07a2---21419265412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e4b8cb9fc---ravopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ever73lbmmboic77ogm3bv7ba4/70236646713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847493b36e4---xojipojikipewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmyc.net/clients/875386/File/89886601839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39de2d426a8139896173777421abba0/zajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74bed9d8a9fd276c7299dd44e1e79373/36694644212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lafenuxowifubedepubezegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/528b4aa69da207ed43548bcc1f08007f/javeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1c4f3dbd8---89817864152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/gosixodobuzulidokemava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlk8mr2p4neh2rv9tep0lukvmf/dedukafetowelipeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cbr+test+pdf+filesPDF 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_off0000db54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f366.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF366 16640 bytes
SHA-256: 2ff488541a7a19224b922b7b6ef4e39e60cdf92461a411e4bd2c8235046f5ee4
font_02_sfnt_off00011e56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E56 10276 bytes
SHA-256: 719db2acf1ed75a027ddd3649f8e9783047ae342e97aed63538fba7c29ae4055