Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93a2ca8ccb1777f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 16:46:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 53e116b5452db71484753ad0d0922156 SHA-1: 093e1e605f52e885503321bb5725b65f636b2c4f SHA-256: 93a2ca8ccb1777f5212e140a865871b5ab76c5f1377890861c3d6834b03a331b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing lures. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bb8f7f6831170cb1ba6149ae520d041/53201715926.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780b7a1215d---danopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/kirewexowupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607608ef78cd6---gimowejerimodedukile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/wapawuluram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/71156850786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/lunotoketenapuvixesowareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s54sfa0aqod9jar6c27798nur/36533604005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/mepagomujukejujato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://better-pharma.com/images/file/files/54373732849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russia-ex.com/widena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98d109d62b---27419712634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f9a21ce85---vepimexena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754716b4c6d---31135248610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3160d2631c---65186925004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/jamevomufabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dd9f6d397---jidixubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742657c8ce9---guxajexezivop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607059b2bb64b---buxizidew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfa357b76ea---dopumimudixes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0i2vd1huke88ru3tspjjjd086/monidawegufifuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5re24micatb385117r77vvkq5/muvubete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnrk9k2g92s5f5o96el573n2b5/parulegarumivenubexofal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents//files/78537871962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegroverestaurantnj.com/userfiles/files/354354727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=sims+3+free+store+content+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_off0000ebdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDB 16540 bytes
SHA-256: ab558a38d754354042e480b93d21b767fa5aac3da2f5be44b5985d0210b0c528
font_01_sfnt_off0001166e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1166E 10972 bytes
SHA-256: db5bed6df56ef7714f525b1b6d3c5cba78022113d10d31dee913392038d6558b
font_02_sfnt_off00012ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1