Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92f6977d98699c7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.7 KB Created: 2021-08-03 14:47:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a907d50c8d5681f04d37603a71a2b920 SHA-1: cd43fd6722d51fe56d5c16b1f0617b6ae1fa3c95 SHA-256: 92f6977d98699c7ef2afd061c061f5170b3eaa933e6a244b81847e61ca5eaa8e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination or host multiple phishing lures. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+replace+a+jenn+air+cooktop PDF link annotation
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/36496186493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57ff99c6f3---91233019770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4c1e5fe2c---dobutajolugidova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7872685448c116a58514e17e5a0d1929/moludupak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/50919327074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0dec02d18d---fekupipajokijuwati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8de44a2173---lovoribululadizepozegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b5e62b66d---64134714328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70434822120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c896e87ffa---70057055435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96ce4df956ff23ad378f4afd7899b1fd/94646086016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726700de7d4---9932328269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/pisozibepelikerome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhtreo.com/images/ckeditor/files/jizilikidegobilugofek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4780061d9a172128766d99966fa4bf73/83067030830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/bobodufiloradubarubujudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/fuxiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/91351174145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c52a88ea50c4ccab5a3867cc1f3802df/40342342178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdgom.com/upload/file/210618140458697863mtro77lx3brf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c048acc7e4b---bezaxinosinupedati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f10ea87475d---wufexilanoxowalobafakam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mokarazibudanufavofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muslimofwestbengal.com/mwb/editor_upload/files/jibifulitegilojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083dd8cbd7f2---wakigekufax.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_off00012665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12665 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013e7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E7C 10500 bytes
SHA-256: a357b71ab828c6a43b1098158e511f831bfd28282bb1ffd6133b55bd23951278
font_02_sfnt_off00015667.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15667 18192 bytes
SHA-256: c9e5e5301610b677a756270c4d99f9fb392a8561b3c524770e4d159fc6cdd10b