Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 992ab9e509d9261a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-08-02 21:20:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 553bb474f0f643bfbe4808016f7af6ae SHA-1: 8ad41711359b259b34cc1eeb070b0a2b7f74067a SHA-256: 992ab9e509d9261a4c57f15e881254f3357b10dd63eaa87c6031aab9f71b042a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports malicious intent, likely to facilitate the redirection or exploitation process. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisibevofada.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/zuminug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherdallo.com/file/bulitanezosajize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1bb27381ed---falenapavajugufabavutebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13579461407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardsonfamilyreunion.net/clients/7/79/79e100fddb184f5a3447a495e7c481fb/File/zafuviraluwamemoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f2563d6edfc620c9af764500037a53/xeruvorikadetaveno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/nigukiwozimonanevulegomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097071d7e82b---62111124151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jvm3qrhvu6drcraq9b77hcbtt/38110441900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/83073734484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0po2g9qpi90qkq2di2lnfmdl55/guguzowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6da3adc3828443ab2fe82062bea2f64/3094435391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/gujixolipanokolekubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/dopowanibemovuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69fa920a2d0a57cf2c56fa32b12801d5/15827753012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.net/userfiles/files/zajobapunekisusuleta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nokmgqol13eo5p2ja2t6opg93a/bogebegefad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--nellieskche-0hb.de/userfiles/file/texudiwupuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/jirateladefawozuxere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18f6702fd0---fibopufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idealhca.com/admin/images/file/40141621015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32bd0bdba10d83096eaba117853d220e/kovuzoxizejexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srrfjkm9ksghjkl8pcaalbrvou/mivinafukeluxadonemeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refta-bg.com/userfiles/file/27017799476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+libro+de+maynard+manual+del+ingeniero+industrialPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e90f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10121 18472 bytes
SHA-256: 43696391dac72a714db99fefb13f99885ca69ed710a482d6fa9b219fcbca415c
font_02_sfnt_off00013027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13027 11068 bytes
SHA-256: e2e789e345f320a24d4b60ac764d78aa38b71e8373768d3ae732f4cd47bafe3e