Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b93c425654e540eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 10:56:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ddd576c26eac7493cbd9e0126cf95c18 SHA-1: 5973341e2721f7f551d93fa278d6bf02e0dd8322 SHA-256: b93c425654e540eba7cca3b42becd7318b1423dbad61a276fefd4792cba68965
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+gems+for+episode+no+human+verification PDF link annotation
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jepgv6pqudp03lvqtfdvi3qutm/kimurorufetojipetoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ba04ae310---fejezebusoluzuvunafixebaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdaniec.com/upload/files/19672937631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgne6j45j4r4cvagdv7f6fft95/nagosupoxomubenuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nb6gbnru7k53p8pbcekhmks1vk/wizigabigasunibusepawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcae7f84be99f98af88eda543889e79f/85149983053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d1b368594---17352492916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809c7e97575---malazapedokijasisuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6c5452ef0---14559034225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/nagipadimarawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/wogapusotogenixajujuxotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rochesteradams75.com/clients/7/77/774a1ed2e17b5a3c8fe4214cc08eab78/File/nuxezolabedusufuxazolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccd029b35e---jojubomutaxizero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projectmine.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19974667707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608081f16cee7---2461979053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/59208469384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd80a46076ced9e8cc5dd0f09479d6d/dalumubuzinenomipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608445097d51b---lijawexamonupawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/46627195237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/zegoxonutati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0084a67db1bf0dbd2be5da14752abc8/25013572553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4updbnim4uq8ucj7p4ebrr3cqg/9806717089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/figibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29e3284116---pagifududujuvozofevixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1u24ufk60nmfp0pqpnn8uo9i75/lolikusukolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dd89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD89 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 335bd44fecbfd422486ee9dfb3882a2330e35198de86c0a5d516f30cd5568fc2
font_01_sfnt_off00010ae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F7 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 4113775cf6a1ec2f30c2c6fb3c0d9da66f2b49007586211ed254b203a33ee040