Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93012c15c4605867…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 19:56:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cac88234d3fa2228707435b62fd407d4 SHA-1: e9102744ddc8865af2e643e6c610c2d806f13567 SHA-256: 93012c15c460586702d2c7b27764751891e07b65be8e225b30e85ac9494a4ce1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this, indicating a lure for users to download further malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6972eb87e---21782556980.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c979221b41434de1a9e2d7afea6b60c9/zirowisevidekawozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adurucui.com/ckfinder/files/soripijoxinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lusanarafudero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210903155252-81763890510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ai4qjhhpld4sc78rg8lrt5avs3/53231262377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/65906259127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrion.org/upload/fichier/1952885426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/38353243490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/vimalomewadasusezabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobiliariaimperio.com/files/files/89104578405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/gapujakidarufomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/83369119914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciturystyczne.eu/files/file/gekaxukutetuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toananhmedical.com/uploads/files/35980347536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profstil.az/userfiles/file/8985779205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosagricolas.com/userfiles/file/bidibegolejevesibagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88118245646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawfirm.vn/MINH/user_files/file/pufuvogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verimevzabavu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sixowosadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1317a7b175288666d7b23ca8f92fae1b/4087069628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/26398167789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/5178422744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldfieldssanddrags.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wazaxolatoronosawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=guddiyan+patole+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000e49e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE49E 10688 bytes
SHA-256: ccca050f11c4b29fca3a91e9f82581d0e6d153591a2dba131f682b83bd43770a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD26 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 202f3d883207172e01ee8ba6c03ac289bda1f48762d35b0ffbf51c300d80dbe2
font_02_sfnt_off000129ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1