Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 090df1e2e5d6c564…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:38:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 868ab868634ade3f807cc9c1ccf1a321 SHA-1: c311b416a03ea15199f5219641e7141a03746dba SHA-256: 090df1e2e5d6c5640018a3b1fbef4de13e5d8f0f10c73ea466bc8ff1e168296b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a link farm. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine results. The primary function appears to be redirecting users through a series of links, likely as a precursor to a phishing attack or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://greenflameenergy.com/userfiles/file/60563760947.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/48452855898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/99037934558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image/files/84890928854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/buzunumonuxoririzizubalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terrebleue.org/userfiles/file/15997245474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/69841925683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjdfszwy.com/filespath/files/20210904204706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headlinesdinerla.com/uploads/files/55050337241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruaszarate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fidoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artepcb.com/upload/files/beribosetavurimas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mp2020.csysadmin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lemegoravilafonone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citysoupsbellevue.com/uploads/files/27727335336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamino.pl/userfiles/file/nirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promptcorporate.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepawobefexosasobezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kejixikanisurolozegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/319df68887b3f7381ad5cc0996cff5fd/wuxaxevubobafipizow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613521b3603fb---46671146681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtowniagrafit.pl/userfiles/file/nubibimuxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inwestorfinanse.pl/userfiles/file/62848221890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umutfm.com/resimler/files/jewiligekogedevewojawesex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodishit.com/uploads/userfiles/file/36817680587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nachtruhe.info/up/files/zuxesolupugopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133657bc1bb4---mubimipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ce4c05219---7165035901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=molecular+biology+of+the+cell+problems+book+solutions+pdfPDF 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_off0000d742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD742 19400 bytes
SHA-256: 9bb57ce8c61a532625528434afffc1dbccda1001795cd1f488f48ba1974062dc
font_01_sfnt_off000108fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012111.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12111 11504 bytes
SHA-256: cafc7dfdb825283272b382570c19779b99c6b500243f0382d773b296ad4e5a91

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