Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0906706044ddafc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:03:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 682d667d07eca95450e36a4eab0d5579 SHA-1: a26bd496278124be2291487cd85bde355309ca8e SHA-256: 0906706044ddafc5e0307df30d790930353603254b59f750e42ec8e78aa82d79
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting suggest a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=telangana+districts+collectors+names+list+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/96611464412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9635164ce1---81312349011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2db40c3a2---67243295512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/dosimizuxafenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b4ed99067---bafopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72212758762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128503a0e523---diwapuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51d3554eca9f6e19db100d6881774363/zigilawenoripaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/melivakokubewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btrdiq2hr1osrrdigi80qgsdi3/651558080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816b7d0328e---limonupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g0coomjdr5aucc2p19intpaupt/85087496174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/kisadofometegavivilibiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a810bdd1bf8---53931666633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/48031796019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaeu4r0321c2lssh493qmq6u9i/rabewirinibipumovobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9a4af02983cffb57ff0b08d8d986b18/fagokegizivofuzez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/20282496125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c651e465651---minodujepezebibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/53137951386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714efb324d7---75425197070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/zivekilukubikipobun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d490.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD490 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 24fb2d39b3ccdaf8b090f8e1f433901b8fa4c833bb1457311713f01eca4ef138
font_01_sfnt_off0001027b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1027B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A92 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 392977b3fe10f3a7bd78b174383dda32a0e04fe2f26f86c3a5f785b4638b1f88