Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93286139f6fbf2ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

345.8 KB Created: 2021-07-30 14:31:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 6cbc5a70f0bf51e3df3f7927b1021566 SHA-1: f07755508f9707d3fb799ee21810522826c0a024 SHA-256: 93286139f6fbf2accfc9d50c5bfa1fe69035addacb89a56fb1936726722e1797
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the presence of external links and the overall detection profile strongly suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8847

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07jce9t73uj0r667ada7tmt187/5081367476.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54jnfelrr9f86ue9vp2qs7u2oe/xejifomixip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8ce9e13ed0ca4542efb3a1370399d89/lupexaxapolopelilizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/98710600817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namuvaldymas.lt/userfiles/file/76050944019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7j1oj4uj5nvq5bh602uv7ffke1/voririnenejesizavedoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/jipuxidobidigupumedupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs//files/wevufobukezosumupajara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210727214106_jby3g1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/895f91ead33a7e6724909d14e668dd77/gedejuposupixoxiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/87955080785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ef21910e2eba12b9b99770f6c05727e/mewuxufaximodipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f789a59a791---zopofijawabojurajafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bcf92cba8e---30123764443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/37340850276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/97811643936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853caa7ace5---benelugilimuwesejuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40cqhc2k3j51i3c827o1qu86sm/98272708804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86071772481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/dezobejuxepejonomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgrids.com/userfiles/file/wumuxaxivop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/xasugaluwuvajutiket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+adt+to+stop+beepingPDF 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_off0004f592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4F592 18436 bytes
SHA-256: cd2fb5c473445533cf541ed5418909c11f2d540bcf066e2f73d3193e823216b0
font_01_sfnt_off00052622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x52622 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00053e3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x53E3F 10636 bytes
SHA-256: c70947b456f4a0252192b4dd3dda390b0174941778b7beb6e9cd4b4c8729c14e