Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95492f10a5d66988…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:45:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d7916e4c15848f387d1ea74e41efcbe1 SHA-1: 5cb0fbeb8ef3f423b5124e8af6ad7deae9aac840 SHA-256: 95492f10a5d66988d7dfa062c698e85746ceaf296d4f2b540b728f7b5ebcfb4b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking these links, potentially leading to further compromise or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/178760256160e1583749677.pdf
    • http://rybarict.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejatuzuxixozeralalipujeg.pdf
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29aa90ea2bc9ec79db6c310c97f63b28/vobogekolirelesibog.pdf
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9d4dd24d36aab3489cf04c7ac985b1f/sikivoma.pdf
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/novowoduvusirabagugilapeg.pdf
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b04f4276d2---dotag.pdf
    • http://jenan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojotibaxevixeda.pdf
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/farogevasetupolutozugi.pdf
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d74c476ae4---13063738784.pdf
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7f95o9dc5fbbfh5i10mt5bgg9/85790735822.pdf
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/67656154905.pdf
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/nasomewegivewoxojafelis.pdf
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/37023996252.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msgm4nll2ms759fdnbtcsp3fa7/19464750499.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733650b9d46---gexipetodar.pdf
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/56073038956.pdf
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/zororoma.pdf
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16673435500.pdf
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/subinaber.pdf
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56cde55282ec767b6843c0a21a5bfb47/51223230769.pdf
    • https://czus-lukasa.sk/userfiles/file/71183882514.pdf
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090aa45ddd2a---81806635098.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=teaching+experience+certificate+format+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_off0000dca5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA5 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4b7.bin
8fe2f4ef66025587cba2e71de76bd2ac9fdd529b17ba148af7c1815835dbe9f5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B7 17224 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012164.bin
adf3f76a382ef7e394edef2b35f658247669bd4a2d10e23d429ad763b99b951b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12164 10920 bytes