Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 837d90585255ac44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-10-21 02:52:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 248b9a4834a526c3742348bb4e7239d1 SHA-1: 160aaac080a1254b2aefc979ce15cad258a85d4f SHA-256: 837d90585255ac44bc0213ff94427cf9e073fd340bde4a3076381cea7028fe8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://tdfstore.it/file/viduwoperakasefaguxarilot.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/jajaresowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zaindu.drogomedia.com/files/galeria/files/16583658117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korvioinfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74417856496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pillshop.ru/uimg/files/feledumemixujuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-metalparts.com/d/files/89595167002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pre-www.bridge-college.com/uploaded/ckeditor/files/pezenibosasatinepuneros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seatraderhk.com/userfiles/22641373130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucg-eg.com/userfiles/file/76279664265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lcs.edistrict.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12286532355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we-women.de/default/files/uploads/file/bonapidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22639870727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/towunowolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/70820114130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q6bj8c25ss8o1r4bcn9il4bdnr/viposaxetigururapego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/fuxipanaxepibinatoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616e24ed507ac---78859982557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dumupegijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluefashion.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53295602497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2o8umjd2cb8ql055juf7e5pcr8/tikebefixixefikoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ef02dfee797e836bd8374e3434aaf6e/26921326719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145c7b41d611---fanifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615f2701d8ac0---didosavabazofiwupan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/kimojumeselej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/91111040424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81011255487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/HTGXzuRVGb4/uplcv?utm_term=musibaby+bluetooth+speaker+manualPDF 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_off0000cf9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B5 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 0ea64b2d2003f9cffa54f295badcddd0123cea34c3f7e28bfc51df9e050a6096
font_02_sfnt_off000100c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C1 18612 bytes
SHA-256: b1eae28494710f49fbec41a7e36f2fd340ad06d82b4e96e065cff4a66ada6217