Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92fe034ff2ad926c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-10 03:25:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 016e05c24ecd5e15c7112d36001ec09b SHA-1: dfa158d1786000ffbde03a0c0b43d532f340de7e SHA-256: 92fe034ff2ad926c2df478520e643f1d39b40f51a89468c4dc2a34bd36388fdd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to exploit users via malicious redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://aci-immobilier-douai.fr/userfiles/files/fijexiguwupo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/516ee0a10d78a55c8cdde5c2040bad87/zidatujogekububaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d1d05fb07---namavuzomariwimukitulelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d88085a31339ee6a99e34f559a784f5/simamutijobaxafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6fc907357fdf9f66a83ea8109918f28/vufafubukexiniguwopojab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/jutizekojuwilule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/zodokekave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe0f4a790b---tojunukujajonudamebenuteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8d75d570f---zumubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/30029983003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/womutipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d41ee9a6fa27bdfe2dabba145546c1b3/gelebosujul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f3e49da30---jegazaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rq61cu56otoka85rge615i3sg2/93042046344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949e785b823---gapukusupivaremoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857889a218b---xewimisogegigebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/98739596032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903e1ad5c9d---ladiziboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-noah.com/uploadfile/file/ziduwirakenivoxaxupidimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e4be6a86a5b370cb21a379189b7694/28501346888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turar-mussin.com/userfiles/File/84887116810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/medenetivowabawefizezisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/tomanumozaxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=movies+in+tamilrockersPDF 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_off0000ff14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF14 16812 bytes
SHA-256: f110053f0cb492d983db1dbebf361e5314d7af10d06d89dbde1905586af4e831
font_01_sfnt_off00012a8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A8E 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 344daee8ec9fc31446bc9af6865d69a62a84b48ad5f7ed23940d48186aa4b139
font_02_sfnt_off000142a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1