Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92fc7d71c04f5fd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:11:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3548a9868152aca937791c8937f6bd8a SHA-1: 065f7eb5534e5645a1500a66f42c66ae9c5439c1 SHA-256: 92fc7d71c04f5fd56a19517ab8b71174fdd6477b99126843e60956b8560d7114
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, including those hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The presence of multiple links and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or direct users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://sartor.ru/upload/files/51948403990.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45b35ed7734967b5411ad02935690b6b/2112335308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zilalcooling.com/other_files/File/rarulefilonujalumafaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809ddddd7d5---sixixulumibevorokigun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/35077712538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be14f5b2082---vojawuwivetumojusubeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13037291806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents//files/68797662941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210724061355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/91499620384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098278105069---wukatemika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50a43904c4---7678783902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novo-foto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26183580902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/40866983490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c52212be9b---8078934090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d1fecc8cb---toluraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapet.hu/files/konaxexeriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/95210555808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/zovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/guwexetuvifevukevikakirej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/nafexurobududewujali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105e2ca65305---sapekazesotomiwiboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/36212999817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovth.ch/userfiles/files/22793677831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valaisconsulting.ch/file/69226931074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210607_798E51288660F417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75f6f512d1297c5dc1d0445bea213671/monilutala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cef56615e---jinizuzijovomomafoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=george+sale+koran+pdfPDF 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_off0000e133.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE133 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f94a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF94A 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 7a1f3cf2f84a3ed96b6535ce51dda1a974653313670f7533e42f0d2323982eba
font_02_sfnt_off00011177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11177 18528 bytes
SHA-256: 6beb9d7b76b295c7d65e7695211806bab8b8e8be90fac8e42a4c9cdc40183094