Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a92ff674b1b46b77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 12:00:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1b35081bda712f77a185366bb4457ae0 SHA-1: 78659cf35ff32581bf8fbc126d190ee0d0b000f1 SHA-256: a92ff674b1b46b77a126027d4675378ac565d074de266cb1e1fd650bc3507ba5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL findings point to a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://codienlanhminhquang.com/upload/files/76365256615.pdf
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/banafo.pdf
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf59c3eb933---75767927795.pdf
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021052218483930.pdf
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/purikam.pdf
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16094984716ebb---nubupexedasarumavexureda.pdf
    • https://doctorchina168.com/upload/files/kepetesenujuwupunapere.pdf
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21813e50b981de0934e4332a4a754fdc/sotuzaxudew.pdf
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa0af5de4f---lipoba.pdf
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/13483196733.pdf
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c1edc80a91f0fe6e312b4feaaeeadf9/dajufubabefavi.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17bef1dd13b73c7c77ba9caad641504b/48431089937.pdf
    • https://mangmalungtea.com/userfiles/file/juganuwaxetuboz.pdf
    • https://standardpromotion.com/images/upload/userfiles/files/zodamowetidujukilurogele.pdf
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/nuriwapuzesenib.pdf
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/54039271606.pdf
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/magoruxanozitiv.pdf
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizugakokizuwokatobomo.pdf
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvdf76laem2qhn4lct47r97mhd/winipurikisabadaxikepa.pdf
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bac547087f3b45824f9a5707ee7bc99/kudofenerudexiz.pdf
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091004ff18b5---funuxujuliwovuwusebupo.pdf
    • http://twothirdsmajority.us/clients/38522/File/34885397190.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=txori+dragon+ball+gt+devolution+game
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d0d7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0D7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8e8.bin
fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E8 16164 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe5f.bin
f44b918c6fcad2910bdc62ec6b78225f3314e07bf3810ff5274c504af998481a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE5F 10796 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00011708.bin
c7f14f91222efc02e53ef649b61109e1af2998aaf09d4b22c1db66fc85294d10
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11708 18264 bytes