Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93e1d5a39a6b97f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:30:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d6e8151c7a9bb7ca8043982712fbc060 SHA-1: 438bf3b7fbc833756e3c3fa01783bf808925adff SHA-256: 93e1d5a39a6b97f248f0b2a03c59cfd39a4d7753fc444231f4ecf7c407da6640
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised upload links suggests a tactic to obscure the true destination or host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=short+notes+of+thermodynamics+class+11
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/13460181821.pdf
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/82764008226.pdf
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97d31d973028832abfa8e9dd9805a8cb/xibinutusawa.pdf
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/35521768288.pdf
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i94qa4ematd2jihv020hub0170/39489945837.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fdf5ecaac8---rogozigulomitununavuso.pdf
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738fb3bac8b---wudubipakupibikasejukabu.pdf
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/45361812274.pdf
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/28702007313.pdf
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59b7196e920e930aebf0db438a6f3020/40918743627.pdf
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba79a33535f---33855635934.pdf
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80545784cb---likige.pdf
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/37807360061.pdf
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents//files/kazibupez.pdf
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/56647905652.pdf
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/forezig.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b528aabd54---51956213583.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c074af41fdf---bobomejuwowazizekotuw.pdf
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/dodilegopanewizuvopoten.pdf
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/kofifunos.pdf
    • 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_off0000e4cb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fce2.bin
8c36edfc53761255afd380a197362dc9a16ea93bac23d872b682c533fc59eba8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCE2 10980 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001163d.bin
244a8b4e7f318d2c0f6211560b2a9a8b62090c00b457dec684ecd060c69ad3ff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1163D 17952 bytes