Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 390b2497c6a2884a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 07:46:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 473898c0b5c1058464a11967b8a5fbfd SHA-1: d01fdf6f80ea52e74aa754777f3fbed4222500dd SHA-256: 390b2497c6a2884ab474cc98ba8c8c74d34c57560d43fcc7dd33da4108ddc550
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malicious redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a887940d4bcad84cd50c4f2b295bf2c5/busef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb8fdbf9c3764983dc5c89c0b03eec7c/93003461285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bilexurugipis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-lan.ru/uploads/assets/file/58736365983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608862a2ef39c---42202386438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/vakilubipajakuzubitilikul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/korineminogedin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9507c2e0de---wurakefifoxevunobipun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/38843965666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/3168253938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushipickup.com/uploads/files/ligijogorokefugokipopat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zugokibozosibejazemojug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/putotomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd4494deb21c2e2ace3e27ab202f6b0f/jagemumavokum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macap.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/87070156908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d944ad3d37---20781837323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01f04613c75299d289371ae990a04013/7827576574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/urj8lvmrc96okdgb309ifq31ba/59089253827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d9add3fed---22571267262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haniltm.kr/upfiles/editor/files/nexajasivukerenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ee26c4631---79191462608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78d349e952---bimuvipapisevizitir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/dazeteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b33068e93---dixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4in8s19f7niava2fcv4ugukqh/11289891426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+tell+if+you+have+piriformis+syndromePDF 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_off0000e632.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE632 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 836ec6d7529be2e5ec4c45986a364653248d6dd6b38e29775923ce0aded937c9
font_01_sfnt_off00011351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11351 11120 bytes
SHA-256: c1bbe7f74ab6c3e1df0eac51e683c0f6b965c1ea859226058f61b9c79c1c70f6
font_02_sfnt_off00012d1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1