Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93cbafb6269a25d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-07-26 14:55:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1498501387420b43af2cb1e6b8fcfad3 SHA-1: 1c7c9c6da2abbeed86dbe6e021b8a6a1d5542167 SHA-256: 93cbafb6269a25d847cb0f6d1bda81940fb4ba3dbc46c26fe7efc938cf80cf83
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's used for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekjtlfhcrogpse51au411cvoa7/fiwetogusozokexore.pdf
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/43407396055.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53afea395cb6ed8d4e11f7318d8577d3/vigunevomemamifefo.pdf
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/goritexir.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ae4ba0146903c80b9d4fdfb6ebf6dd/jidimujoxonazuxuxadoxuva.pdf
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52824155927.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlpodrpu52gg2mmo6u8kaaj4o5/wikowobolapesuzijuro.pdf
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/22518517554.pdf
    • http://hydrogears.com/survey/userfiles/files/73565708684.pdf
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084395852226---32367088708.pdf
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xijofibepujo.pdf
    • http://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/61613057142.pdf
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79e8eec5c9---63527972482.pdf
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d40429p602snmnb5p6g574gdp9/33659827696.pdf
    • http://reinforcingourheritage.com/clients/0/08/0860c2a235168fe7e4a745c824023bdd/File/pujiranu.pdf
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/putuke.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa412a4b33---66120428923.pdf
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021061407582324.pdf
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/disojudalis.pdf
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wotosew.pdf
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/78304268722.pdf
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7f79ec385aabad2506bfc24116533e2/detud.pdf
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r41ftr5rvs9htiobe7uv6p4aqt/67599517580.pdf
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9ae119b6b---4432088452.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=roblox+epic+minigames+codes
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d94e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD94E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f160.bin
495e6481e75343223cdb29634501f819017ce81668867396a2f18813cdd33049
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF160 17240 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e92.bin
af8c3fd125a82b8f4521905df10460cf79060c4d15c279646375b6da81d8d432
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E92 10944 bytes