Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93ff79c1e7b68a74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:00:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 15fdba2bc0bca4f01ff88afa3388e669 SHA-1: bb34aff4489736136cf19b3d61f1ee309eb0a9b0 SHA-256: 93ff79c1e7b68a7482dccc8a57020cedf50233b52eb399d2f0c6a281b6ed2bf8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics confirms the primary function of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/37282816808.pdf
    • https://ibrahimkoc.com/images/Media/files/dajufe.pdf
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614146fdb8659---39111297186.pdf
    • https://sikahaiphong.com/images/news/files/sunimosug.pdf
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/jixabik.pdf
    • http://fge-service.com/userfiles/file/nitimupuxaz.pdf
    • https://xn--23-6kci4asohe8k.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/30688981398.pdf
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/79439980834.pdf
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/35197101116.pdf
    • https://oreopay57.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70672605727.pdf
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///pojelasufizujupuwizixumil.pdf
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144a11120d1e---nisutaxuvazijobedegapu.pdf
    • https://repetitorebi.ge/userfiles/files/masisabanewemegewedijizug.pdf
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/42940389153.pdf
    • http://uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewuzugaremo.pdf
    • http://coolbiotech.com/upload/files/gagerukidetuvevuberum.pdf
    • http://regiapart.si/uporabnik/file/92011821053.pdf
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/6951803629.pdf
    • http://marketingnews.fr/images/file/gepejasomapegowipawi.pdf
    • http://vibrobreaker.com/files/files/xituridobuwarabuvumusaxil.pdf
    • https://ever-progress.dacola.com/upload/files/xisedame.pdf
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161421bd0444ee---turoved.pdf
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613edfb678985---sirezudawikepof.pdf
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55705268394.pdf
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e3a6c49b5---54333010682.pdf
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021091719465573499.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=app+lock+source+code+android+studio
    • 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_off0000e2f5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F5 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb0c.bin
c2b6679a5ebe98b911b730a7cd09ba68fd961fa7c8f3e561a7d5a229f6b3a4b8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0C 10680 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000113b3.bin
26c47756f1eb89f9c24db6fdbd5ee6db6bf0b7780a69ed97802c06bbfc26530e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B3 18216 bytes