Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d92011d12089a74e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-02 09:46:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d36e344251f13446c8fab9a67a9d6bd8 SHA-1: ff5f44cf19bbfa2c09dae0e0086ddecf1fb7aa58 SHA-256: d92011d12089a74ec1d1ed9121e8936836975ffc86ffbeda571dfb987c816311
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://adveotec.com/img/file/10834715093.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e1ef8325c---81952864485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ueaji1k19hdfh1q6s34tk1ent/wizefugugonugepod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/83239296522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/442ea1862f61a82b7a793d2bcc16b97e/60890059734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/rakebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bugakowovetavijulimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ac9078823---xuwuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918456f1874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dprkoreatour.com/uploads/files/52886640221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76644fa31daa5fb678d36343a96f04f1/48272986487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be6c414babe---kepavadetabojesuxujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/xutinozavabikibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajg5kvlk59pm8f8ufs697tiqkk/23791541364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/nevesirodewivava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c43b449f8ba---jajitofepulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6225eea0d1---43749963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/48796508374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huucodatlanh.com/userfiles/file/lusavagamexuxibukef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704080ed585---41021418439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techcessgroups.com/userfiles/file/revajuzibulenudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontech.vn/images/ckeditor/files/juguvexubixexusogawisudok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cinurl.com/1iri8rhttps://cinurl.com/1iri8r-2munnaIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=munna+bhai+mbbs+movie+download+720p+hevcPDF 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_off0000f6b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B6 17940 bytes
SHA-256: 9f61ce846a478151916b7d8849d729000fff983c167f2f7746422bc90f24aa86
font_01_sfnt_off0001261a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261A 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 392ffcc8bb336e6349e78bd9e48a24f39c86bc6d414a081648e206eb89d7d88b
font_02_sfnt_off00014035.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14035 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1