Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92f9ebd781c2f505…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 19:08:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6818ee061d1183e069e4e2819e3e0612 SHA-1: 1530387c0f339b3161c7377b0e1496f8b2cda344 SHA-256: 92f9ebd781c2f5052a7ee8788534750dd41975e48840cfb4273b5550390588db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or further redirect the user. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely used as a lure for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://newsru.md/upload/userfiles/files/19005134136.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/bisap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34810415023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73350868130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/74004987644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.displaysdirectaustralia.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52296842274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinbach.casawell.tw/userfiles/file/33926774820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210905050327251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibnuaffan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wavujusovaboxodetofumilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8iuks1u46eq902pj8o19e5u33/96385383998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lilisixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80583194573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palestraarkadia.it/userfiles/files/8831895281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/katakadajebujuzolotagapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-summer-courses.eu/upload/files/jiduwepapakewiratax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/volut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0225674989.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vonosizoserotubaliwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/7751802279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cictc8p30k3q1eacou0qvaoij6/13436135078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/tejexerufike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613073e013e2e---giwulonapumuwivuxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euronuts2009.ge/files/files/17650839396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorisemitchell.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/86250498223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135446fa9905---18749679559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italy-ex.com/images/blog/file/kogelebajopewodugewopifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/vetutexanupapoxozisepaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=best+mobile+games+under+1gbPDF 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_off0000d670.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD670 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 5369e531a4f60f50c4ba880dc2341a5799694696ebbe02666ab4c4903eeb3466
font_01_sfnt_off000106a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A6 10936 bytes
SHA-256: cb643b0be4a05558a3b01e8130f2b9262026f6c941f0eb56d2fa773a1f6bfe1c
font_02_sfnt_off00011fd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1