Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da92eeddeab1dc12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-08-07 17:32:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: aa64f8a8689b420d112eb9accfa30e7b SHA-1: 217577048627e6f430190939158eebd8f57834a8 SHA-256: da92eeddeab1dc12e2105f3f4861b5c42540f7c5dc9dd1fcdd1e1bb5a46285a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised or disposable hosting sites, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9875

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cungcapluonech.com/upload/files/81511836280.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shiksha24.com/userfiles/files/1062294822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2ctrading.org/cms_upload/files/xevimapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bbi86cqo5rbc50idpvrqic0tf/32820348935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b107d4d59f758ec97353629f382edf8/pasudiziwupavajavimugesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84e7e7f425---63350990446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a756c927c4c---95416108994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g7ng9dempdrek6q4nhl7ovb44d/68323264129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7v2jo4pheua1e4m4f0popp4e31/popelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02fd10e17b82587ff1bbe14c97393cfc/damapowelivijatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c3d639d2b---zabavutidagedewaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d6eee90e85da808565c56eeafc406c0/gijuwodakofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejprudv69g04qvol39hsnmoihg/ruxijoxajosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1191c86e619d230913200c78cd9169bc/12088335893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/14806799751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/3533005198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb841949e8---12538531376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d81efd38790---gudawaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072761e229ad---67594910254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6211178a6f---seritovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9febd2b7c88b58033f77f1d286eec35e/xuxoxibamag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebf63ad8a2---wopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607055ed9e416---jilalaxorefeweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74938f3a87a5804ef4d54ba908eb5968/nejoxiwoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/54962502327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d90c5ff64d928401a494b8c99770e4e1/7150613169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=radial+symmetry+is+more+advantageous+for+animals+which+arePDF 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_off00011e40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E40 18452 bytes
SHA-256: bccdf27d79f848617ee3d32f5441c6cebda09df165bf06e7926a3ed048b3e595
font_01_sfnt_off00014d6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D6C 11336 bytes
SHA-256: f7eb15c85a253732b706b2a87b08e85ff755f52221900967229df9188e8ae5d5
font_02_sfnt_off000167ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1