Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 090ea080dc84967a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 06:25:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: d0c8b4485928883cd3bbd80d247f8d16 SHA-1: f8b5374ad20cb42a7e024cd4c03cf97c53ef69db SHA-256: 090ea080dc84967a13c33defecd00497dfd286666a1b312192ea90ac1d163000
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/buridepuvefobupesex.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/860ea99376fce202b92dd8b26f70364a/forijanirixutoxomokukubew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9pkuug81c39uoroojimckaslf2/zupowusote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dsami.org/uploadfilefiles/pisuvibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a283a852de9---1723747083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valdhans.cz/userfiles/file/lupofidebetedelivogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/68919117894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8bfa91fff---xuxaledukusudorimosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4de201cbd---51648853583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5839d5591---vewojavuremezikonawuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7135c05197cf0e9ac81c3b3bcc7641e4/26367571467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4125ba1dcfc6bff3fd5a38e6b8400225/gukavanexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/venolumodonakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/77803045700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf5bcb5af1df39ab501ee26914321215/gakidasesisalopojufaxulow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210502165820650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goniwibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c8f2b0d98---44896113988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd68ce84b9---68622743888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kcnhbcv6b2cfumcuctldo7q0s/44098763028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b834fb4b598---pexorizozikewusumegaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e0191296b---botopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/fadorivegikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6jk84bti31utstpp8cd78mqt4/253061782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c34733216---69042892566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indecomavo.pl/inc/17825793522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+compact+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_off0000edb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB0 16544 bytes
SHA-256: 88c5ded28ecd19931f70675907808f5faec36e464d03d475810ae7ae92d0b66e
font_01_sfnt_off00011893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11893 10216 bytes
SHA-256: 84d7447f013c9fd9781f0fc219f5acbd3ccb9cf86b9635e146077adebfb37d0f
font_02_sfnt_off00012f87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1