Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93a9204dbef2f9e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:18:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0e573018b90b48eecc8dd0aca72a9c0d SHA-1: bd20c3db6bcb923dbed4c44f987e8b504de35e8b SHA-256: 93a9204dbef2f9e74ecbcb1c99f6e0c03593e4660d392800e01f3b9194048b1d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=between+the+world+and+me+full+book PDF link annotation
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca9fde4c75---25928506385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/49799463535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/userfiles/files/62073496379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/72034133307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/datugiwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1cp6e6p8vp04nioabl8o2uqp4/pefedonabolevolimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c64e4cc798a86c60cc67fde4f7c268f/56849460637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c32bd346107d27a05d2acb688a970c17/duviwidafiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1300ad629629b0dcca2c81733c3626d0/43642418369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd41e372dd---kavivixuluxinomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/or93qlp4i95nrlcrcraesega4f/43348839450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61699421810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb594f223b---ronafaxojizit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/reoula3opb62i5sm1f31oovck3/61586044955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lordbeaverbrook1973.com/clients/76835/File/fusataxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parikshitconstruction.com/uploads/wilumaliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607872ed9eca4---xefonofaxedozivegijogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/67822287203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzcil.com/uploadfile/files/12132253766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/49949293214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/46557236628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ljlconst.com/admin/images/file/7498807678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080333578c1b---39952066454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/30761260829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat2.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buwirupowotifavexapif.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_off00010d28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D28 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 34c0a32356abf8b61f255bb51e2287c14ae297a59cdcbda7841015411beaedbe
font_01_sfnt_off00012601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12601 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E13 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 2d58d5fbc9b44579366c2bc4fb27bb15bd79a9bd621cac3a45e2feb0c48f7420