Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 290ca92c8a8676fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:55:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b49498e5b451e776186fd93c9995c4d9 SHA-1: 4fe5aaec21c50e0b9616756633eb5740e5063e80 SHA-256: 290ca92c8a8676fe928414deffcfb20f3dacbe994066a5cd9e99097a5543d6a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, likely intended for SEO poisoning or phishing, with several URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+to+jpg+app+free
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8bf8258b53---82606216988.pdf
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/kuliwufokimojomamurez.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f01e0bab286---95194685147.pdf
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/miwoxojidukuliwanibu.pdf
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b325ff22243---patagizewer.pdf
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/47633803032.pdf
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/zusaviwolixolomaxo.pdf
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/mopabiwexifela.pdf
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/84213217227.pdf
    • https://holycrosshealthcare.com/userfiles/files/zetepijoma.pdf
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecmm6qp9sovj7mieqrr35qtkvd/94150354713.pdf
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fhq1thj1vaudm3an037seiac2/25305131668.pdf
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210609114445_r7sdiy.pdf
    • https://ip-pharma.net/data/files/34577589749.pdf
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/wegix.pdf
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/14760332594.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bi15cpmpiuvcovra2q4gfn2n83/sezabojabat.pdf
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/viladadogozupurafevajol.pdf
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagedalasarefevifepat.pdf
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neduzav.pdf
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/57341190424.pdf
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/fexanisotiforaxukizasof.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1712b2ac094c768bed0cbce7f6d78151/jowadepijenubirepisefop.pdf
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/73704634972.pdf
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/58214689854.pdf
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/14757725336.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_off0000c328.bin
d490d6b5733b22898323f6c3cb1e81994605fec03bd0752036c59fe26d7adbd5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC328 17392 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f03b.bin
20272939a72ca2f6fab9d0fef96a82b7d1fa1b291da285945d63a8c15248a238
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03B 10592 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001086a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1086A 16792 bytes