Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93e5c5c8d911e807…

MALICIOUS

PDF

152.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 13:06:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 3b842c29df4c83cd5efc5f5348157d31 SHA-1: 352850b9bbbb8d17d96071a6e2fc574e5cacfd29 SHA-256: 93e5c5c8d911e80756daf2b78ca54360be74363e0836fdd8f7ec82ab94ef5def
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to obscure the ultimate destination of malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9756

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://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/57755567050.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0pnddqupqu5gjk13k5mg8albo/70721031857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc2c0c8e5d---64657076062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppvqnree7cqk87hq3iaj3kij3v/wewasidiguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bank-kredit.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84438500890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/32126752440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7c42e8d3c---xukobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-saikung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55910838587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5b0e82bacab838c8272c4a2fbe63f24/libijawibivise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd4e3639d5733afe02f631a4d2edd677/tobixisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bdc658feb---zesexasewur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40f09fb61f00646aa2d0352217ad06c2/sokugavopeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842a6b1cd46---zininer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1822ee152c96e50884f90d879f37dddf/pabigumevisiwatetuvin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb569be0ba45b1d923a83183496600dc/81920599960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4152ae52b---93565616856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/93195786230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/57889037943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984a49cdadd---kuborumugeturozikogadolar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b66657c0e---bidasusodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d5a6e7db8---90194708853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/tidurewigerudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventspicer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78261678779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ckgq5e2fplj4ooertfdg3mb65j/mupufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=is+a+potato+a+starch+or+vegetablePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001e7df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E7DF 2436 bytes
SHA-256: c5711d45fa67f6eb01ec78cf11775d658911dee6873339010e637d2881a04555
font_01_sfnt_off0001f26c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F26C 10616 bytes
SHA-256: ce315106a04023b9e5c6e8dc35ed197d75ea61ed612067044a88bce222f2190c
font_02_sfnt_off00020aa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20AA9 20588 bytes
SHA-256: d0c301d8cddcae9b0d6cd8987a39ac6789bd84aa7c0ca76b487fe16555d3f778
font_03_sfnt_off00023e99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23E99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1