Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f92f0ad14ba9c5d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:46:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6e1ddf5695955e52659be845494a4833 SHA-1: 46266346c783507a5d4308f8a4442fa7d55f70f3 SHA-256: f92f0ad14ba9c5d6fed4faed75391395ee436197770c8969ebca952c82b73792
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the document's primary function is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=operational+transconductance+amplifier+pdf
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769bdc355ed---xexomitizelorogegeza.pdf
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebe3c59f50---zuwodapus.pdf
    • https://naoshima-habitant.com/feduk.pdf
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/63140019621.pdf
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u75bmlqj35sovbis1podivfu63/8606039779.pdf
    • http://radio6deenero.com/uploaded/files/gaduwataxiv.pdf
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1rkir4b79qqcnhusmcujmi1bi/59735833314.pdf
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/bimawofa.pdf
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/kupudidezimum.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpvm8jr42fhccj0hcjr0dah3e3/60833802470.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db8384c606---xalizuzewurubatinodil.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7b1cb3939---6779487186.pdf
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db0f728cb6cf354a7b7c57e523ec650a/37065126034.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726c4f997e7---kebude.pdf
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aa7875d3af651bfa47dd14e5e4e0069/difaka.pdf
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/vapeja.pdf
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/41007813729.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a554463950---3535736843.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa97629985---bupezibarojomidego.pdf
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1395bdb4d2---83006039081.pdf
    • http://championsview.net/userimages/rukebiw.pdf
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/53886039991.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1293668fd0---91352240220.pdf
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/43761788118.pdf
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e82e.bin
514f47ede244282279f97a2218c96427f8ef53e1146216677469776a556a0ac7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82E 10908 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001016d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1016D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001197f.bin
9f1cf08e9a7a8463e3048fa1b980c30383e0ecb3ca269cee423c9ca2fc170e38
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1197F 17400 bytes