Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93de66d17bc89372…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 06:18:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f5a4d81080097a5061b75afb036b0a2e SHA-1: 04a17a1f2eb4bbc4cec00ce83df0041fa1dd8722 SHA-256: 93de66d17bc8937243b083b94bc3ecf3caff72a3ff92f49480ae5677d4fb7bd4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. This structure is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, where the initial PDF serves as a lure to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fecd4034f1---42480845521.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a9508df34---63450386087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9ddbbb55e---4243689994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/995e92c2952b7cfa5f337afad8768a16/wuxitasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210501120007_523221988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/78496490752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4007f85906---lajeritaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/44792377419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/42869251658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d678e68641d680b0aecc9187ed8fc13f/runomafanijesowawudanejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/40498876805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a950a2a6241---jujeragasetalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885c03f438fb5fcc0b4691b905ca8b9b/bijivodadudivenoxavujew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826517c079b---26168694427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htchninc.com/d/files/86066333554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e17a88bf54---vewebujukirodivojuwesudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dofinosomagidemisabage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40iu094edh826obhcfbb56gca4/25941232025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749a1fa11b0---timutunetufuletole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqt0shr3ajbjptqfi58l8inku1/netilajila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e592262e43c8effb49f7b0eb94a0f03/24294278915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a599a2dfe---zojaguvuxotejav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/sebeburusebiludezatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607995aff02c8---54378369739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=free+fire+unlimited+diamonds+and+coins+apkPDF 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_off0000f4dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CEF 17016 bytes
SHA-256: ea2f2ff5b350ae0e0735d1363acef712c7dbeba2fa0ac7103addc043ef3f117c
font_02_sfnt_off00013988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13988 10948 bytes
SHA-256: b9172ce275c5656cd4b4414f3ca72c96339e78165dbd5e7585cbc8779caf5727