Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93785170a319e812…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:33:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8d736cf64daeca5143520d7c6256eca5 SHA-1: 69df8ba49dc323f11ac3440eb32123bd15f6ecd7 SHA-256: 93785170a319e81296121fc5b21281899ba448dcc19f44fe6cec7a26bac7de81
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malicious redirection campaign. It contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which are often used to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+gentleman%27s+guide+to+love+and+murder+full+show PDF link annotation
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d12dd69077a023bb3646b458f2c1b7c/35473335643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///56183106890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44035593258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lasobivareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/jesajisexomamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300450764a8---kojalosufobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/44165065656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de33f934fb4---66326836068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zarubijowemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btrses3se39iar96k02jtkjj13/24895558604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_students/files/risuluvelesixen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210609173137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/20117281819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1qs85u4blahlldf8t11tim3jj3/xotejivaxetaxani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f78982c7ebee5fb883648ac32946ad00/sumupemelanitamara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210821114615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccdbed7903---vodimiguzirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/zibosukodirefawibaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gv9eb2s85atbmqocr3futafeg6/kefitebemisorujakunutezog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/76736500021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608321c7eb300---kutorajewegomexazakewage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alixdemassy.fr/userfiles/file/72410583820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ea76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA76 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 80bf166dd83b278f6a6cc919144bc020a788706df531c6de24b1c29850cd2bb9
font_01_sfnt_off000103f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F9 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 5d69cdfdaba1d7f7c5a2bd46de8cf3232db5db43602b47c212f7499ece98ab5f
font_02_sfnt_off00013434.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13434 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1