Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 690bc19edd6942c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-08-26 00:09:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 536b099c255361ec095de7f9cc9fcdb4 SHA-1: dce8a354c5c0267aa216fc8ac779b0f93b762ff6 SHA-256: 690bc19edd6942c999db3c342e64a2cd1c4e4e05d19796345f135b3c30d42ca7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload storage. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious actions or redirect the user to further malicious content hosted on these external URLs. The presence of multiple links on disposable or compromised hosting further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8d3f7168a944d23bf6b273b1602e280/jorajiladowusezizivifu.pdf
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/24570930703.pdf
    • http://dilimkebab.com/userfiles/file/4445943600.pdf
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents//files/16494582181.pdf
    • https://www.tocbirsen.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badul.pdf
    • http://smith-williamssisters.com/clients/d/dd/dd6cbc7353a6ef31c13ccaa63ab862ac/File/89303829012.pdf
    • https://protrialse.eu/files/files/tupigavujukoze.pdf
    • https://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42283275544.pdf
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnapv319gpacvachlalb8f5vq1/29667172680.pdf
    • http://sparan-art.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32436864209.pdf
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/pemex.pdf
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/fijevudanogatun.pdf
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/57167350374.pdf
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb60bd32b5---govez.pdf
    • http://119pump.net/d/files/nafajixifuselelip.pdf
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebfcb99ca3---80366019754.pdf
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/jagon.pdf
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210521130510.pdf
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/fanad.pdf
    • http://hccc252.ca/clients/e/e4/e484b38507f190a955b66748903449e1/File/77411275229.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fca47e59a---29052012325.pdf
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/7096823920.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=my+ward+meaning
    • 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_off0000d9b6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1cd.bin
ca5ad57e68c566e332139a3c27a2d2d792a33b52ac4142de2593bce8503c46c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CD 10352 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000108ea.bin
be0b0bcbebbd7328380fd22beb10bf71829d2d60e467bec8eb9326b0d6cc1756
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108EA 17956 bytes