Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93b117f6a04be00b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 02:13:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 7bc7148dc4d1f2c7b4227289230f38bc SHA-1: 630ed7e5ca331102bb25aeb47a906888b0c55544 SHA-256: 93b117f6a04be00baa3b5bfbb21d08fa8016eb970fd6aa4ca6a97a9353b08423
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the PDF format suggest potential exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities or embedded JavaScript to facilitate redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=boiling+point+of+halogens PDF link annotation
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/77013215954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbchitchcock.org/clients/8/8b/8bdff38a390027835eb24981312b950c/File/xofukeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45137732377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gw73patriots.com/clients/1/1e/1ed986c9d410becccfd9995a8318e329/File/63460788194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba88a8794945cffce2849559efc8ac09/45215342786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c05e60ebe---68637305213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021062918515636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7cdce2fe3e---94753918213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3k44dlhfhct3ffppaq7mcqoqbh/bogixaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00u43887umdcg4f35tsfnqut30/latamamijaxirininafevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/54219538773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ac360111d---bidebekagogurek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brpfrj1tggf9mra2dfjdhra2s3/79538445714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/24295772685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87dc689c1be60ce809ad2afd9b7325fa/rowujiruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/wasijonubukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa97be09ac4---3147638164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://at2apigroup3.com/contents//files/70310625816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmaryapi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobuwomateboripoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5809251114f9bd43a1ad281e3e235ffd/93099147594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/tuzerimubisidujasebusopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5usvjoacpmld3ba2cg1kgcq0k7/78414201668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0761b45bba660dec6d89c5c7d491a1cd/funurolidupesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/inc2b8f001e7p7fao6ffif0s7l/53592230483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/99178522043.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_off0001034e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1034E 17540 bytes
SHA-256: 2950c5841380479b58749bc7ed1d6a798277fe79b8ffce0ab696b66829694671
font_01_sfnt_off000130a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000148bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148BD 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 4df2f8c60f0422996a4e09130fc63b8ecf49d71e61bfe98785f1d9671119c651