Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a90a74864445f96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:09:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 28649f3d8df421e1de525374bf934b38 SHA-1: f0aafc2001312e056d472dc14310ad3b5609f9e2 SHA-256: 1a90a74864445f96a7180f0459bcc25eb6ffbd259215fcc9f69d5dac68fc2a11
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further exploitation or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zebra+ds2208+barcode+scanner+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ddb4613fd6---fetujeduguwodigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/xazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f2594921fd9317cd8be16e48fa4a9b1/78447303563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithalattagarantibelgesi.com/resimlerfiles/32564258617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a59b77d8b5---wemozirawujunakodiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/viwepekosolabano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/dotasanutaperozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5n86bft6523e57dt9jevthifk0/11010459677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/masetururudete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/duderusabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wupil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/e3604cdd09390d06787c961d22f55437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c22cfcd5eca---24482346034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881d2e641e0---jizexedotafenelekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/vakagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/tarifegumiwulejufuguzotix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210726224612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607863712fac6---38693853318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108727049a81---xirejowizisupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diamond-marketing.cz/soubory/32575717105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/48103144062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/doruwulekuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cef7e5a3c8---34905003093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721c53e8f85---ditije.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_off0000d603.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD603 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE1A 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 3983ccb9a919bc9590eb35d45e87bef4ea5cf43481a57a99969768bcf2c985f3
font_02_sfnt_off0001075f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075F 17540 bytes
SHA-256: 0a472dc9963f23af5b1286590a803ff7dc5c74dd68337ca0827341dd3051de86