Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f92b584d51d215d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 11:23:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d6d8e33a4d50497e3c9fec24759cb725 SHA-1: 06785571ce7bbae14b6a2ba9d5bae49cae3f29ec SHA-256: f92b584d51d215d6beab064d282b1670850ee270429273d54f3c492befc7c89c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9704

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://newgatedesign.com/Images_upload/files/bedubunowevixesaxede.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/28386704778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094499ba6382---nukixajumirelapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/nuwawelugavolokokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c5a080dac---72565576116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e330a76c7987c3b05f421318601ab9e5/gujora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7bffd1f9c---sodajupifafoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d473f71330---zukadalezedak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720c02af198---tumowifis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97cae55ab507a4026172fd8d4a822423/zukaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/21251663455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc84c30983---zidikuxemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1be07d396---nidukukodakedexogurojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/si7i4e88uh5is9i7oag1hb0224/54400809761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af3e7dc25c9b3937e3a215628330972e/34327575815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabbleanddesign.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/kuxewumemeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cd796919a---93773526008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/11255408617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/029d6384a888a4888a1526ef1643b891/45912021423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f2097f1f6ac12553ef85a4b5a984359/vezuxatef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df34c4c352---sezofixibimixedepikaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58bp9braamhd7fhcbgj2jq8ddt/zufogamifinekazirefejozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/69500525100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eberli-medical-supply.ch/upload/file/25603360010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082be807aabc---36429202486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da0c271632a---23629480487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=where%27s+waldo+once+upon+a+page+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001060f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1060F 18548 bytes
SHA-256: d64359221aad03f6f4f9e86a8ea7852a209e49e3f3329862f28c8ec7c96df00e
font_01_sfnt_off000135da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DA 16252 bytes
SHA-256: bfc7ce51a1a9b37382af61f0075eb0cdb972126da031002d338643432d80e6e4
font_02_sfnt_off00014bba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000163d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163D1 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 8a1a8d8e65cf5206f5ff08c1d9ddfda3fb6f21b4d8fb0409245889e8a4f493a3