Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 090393ceef3284f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 21:42:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ccd595da7cae410e26116ca1c1eae7e3 SHA-1: c3c0c34dc916511ac99ec5d14573d9170711c059 SHA-256: 090393ceef3284f8187b1d5b8065fa270c317eef331ec5db0a290a4d37e929dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chest+medical+term
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892ad5eec57---27154640036.pdf
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/saxafare.pdf
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89c7542545---46411287256.pdf
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/184c808ccbad101ea5813c6a4de527cc/61405761767.pdf
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071115345b59---57957399303.pdf
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/47508421846.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca4781092e---46077025182.pdf
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f4e65e4cb---jazipifenonobefij.pdf
    • https://tsydesign.com/userfiles/jws/files/13389451710.pdf
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6215ae1509d591b731486c7ef6c29688/56182621622.pdf
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854349ded66---23108288838.pdf
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc4942350c3952d89db9f1e0c8f9f61a/junorobebofuwapalavekufi.pdf
    • http://tara77.com/clients/46590/File/77855467228.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609879808ded6---54043730143.pdf
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3d21cf627c8d90af2dd8e0848b4e4f5/2715326137.pdf
    • http://charontrade.hu/data/file/webijagemujutipaxu.pdf
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e5bd62fcab7dd883317144da4361091/rifesumewofotajo.pdf
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e60f8774a---nudetiterenajuwoxatuwe.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823ea00e18a---25145685511.pdf
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/56345584453.pdf
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd95b2114d1---64796258679.pdf
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/sulamuboxirenu.pdf
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/372495eab7267ee35882e90449950989/xepilovanigewozobovezukuf.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_off0000e8fa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8FA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001010c.bin
1f808141b8b4c97bed064247adaaed0674f80374f54c111e9ba9d4895209203b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010C 19376 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013224.bin
382005b6195286cb4b34e3ab832c25ede7b92d91a1770ea48b3e188754be8a58
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13224 10444 bytes