Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 790fa922ce186ea1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:50:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e16d9c8843738c03326574d3744a5f5f SHA-1: 21df9067910e0632824179c24e573dcaf1875c99 SHA-256: 790fa922ce186ea1ed3c63d9c1adc1c847711809fdc0e3e91c32bc58f862a77e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a link farm structure designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://wahluenfty.com/userfiles/4364106564.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/90428902723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulabudujojiwopirawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b236b887939---refoginas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretlove.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fivokinegomemuzidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mm1qnkunvuuo4pgmi9p3krlnda/dujafagijosudeliwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9956dd7c6---16781401998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/visaxowavakudibesakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f370b837a3b667bfd0c3cc8329484645/77468277921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2b0810ca9338b225c93eda5794000c6/xaxegodivowul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608842bb78786---sejoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc8eeee0f99a62f27b2bccaf616f16bf/87859616184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4e74ec2fd---batosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbc8432dfbd65aa95bb8f3cc7bde416c/jajebusalogewibidobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46ae8eda5603356c9dd7019efcbea292/sixowoxetizunifefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/vigovakula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7896449574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608324006ba5a---pawigolodijemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/savefativexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edallyshop.com/upload/files/1618241306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/42604832676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/files/10299664693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a03ace0f6---15085855142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078afcef37cf---85728657784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=manual+de+identidad+corporativa+senatiPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ff799a55e---59174110126.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_off0000e931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE931 18268 bytes
SHA-256: b880391b21af4c0f0c041ceaf6f7fdec7a076a59de03d8325b5d88a6963b6ad7
font_01_sfnt_off000117c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE0 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 9b757468268b99dae900d6c03ec3030cba665b99ab228f41f9948d163b914420