Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93e0b32a4b045d0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-23 11:23:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 38b971c12077575447212aa50a5b35b8 SHA-1: 0d3a61f2d5ab5f103556b78c23701df96921b6cd SHA-256: 93e0b32a4b045d0a7530a41054c6e639d3eb0f3021bd504ca0ec431b628121e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with several URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, suggesting an attempt to hide its true nature. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external sites which may host further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f70d945ad209644090e6bdf71c865eb3/14367245055.pdf
    • https://roshnaai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogobimunana.pdf
    • http://mayinmaunhat.com/upload/files/livolinemeximup.pdf
    • https://homecareangels.ca/files/files/files/49735165527.pdf
    • https://netron.pt/app/webroot/media/files/45913744420.pdf
    • http://myoffice2561.sesao33.net/UserFiles/File/fetoporinefaza.pdf
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/parinawubamabuvozu.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebee929887eb3caf1a74ea8112dce7eb/14373293849.pdf
    • https://bodymason.com/user_uploads/files/lususafituvuminobada.pdf
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents/files/gifeloxakikelit.pdf
    • https://magnettoptan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/74396650111.pdf
    • http://dglytbt.com/upfolder/e/files/20210920015608.pdf
    • https://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99987817568.pdf
    • https://artgallery.devctn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45974398266.pdf
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/detazif.pdf
    • http://qdsenfeng.com/data/files/kipefesagow.pdf
    • http://sky1981.com/asset/uploads/files/kuxutenetewitegivapegojaf.pdf
    • https://postelezmasivu-ostrava.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezixobanufekufolisikiko.pdf
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202109061616276245.pdf
    • http://pushgroup.lv/userfiles/files/sovalenidiji.pdf
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/xisapovakafes.pdf
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/zerotorurixexiz.pdf
    • http://tahyuh.com/uploads/files/202109121322117895.pdf
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/670ff181c2ed14f1c6bb629002b8b384/kopefokitipede.pdf
    • https://tjp2-hotlink-j3t.com/contents/files/75027731171.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cube+root+of+x+squared
    • 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_off0000cb1d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB1D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e32f.bin
b747c72c6722a75fe83ac31b2470fb9c266598a6ecb33e6ccbd590b40d549cc5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE32F 17296 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011049.bin
6cdbb0fcddd049fb1a34f1e2af80cc33bab74aefc34d78d8fb870395af1119c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11049 10624 bytes