Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 890680311dc13c62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-15 13:50:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7f957c864cb67fd091ecc1ba5d2bc930 SHA-1: 30f2052de4ae07c51403fd5a0cda862fa5b3a9e1 SHA-256: 890680311dc13c62a768047266f654899efd2a42ddbbfd8c1ccb13c149a6b616
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no explicit script was found to be executable, the presence of embedded JavaScript streams and the link farm suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede496b816b---68772203360.pdf
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff735ddb19---valebewewumo.pdf
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7afbf5a76cd4a7ad07d35d575376fcb9/18607953922.pdf
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/26853162058.pdf
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/goponafurirolulara.pdf
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/palujosalixiduvemevide.pdf
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/ganolaxulogigazo.pdf
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28dfbc82a8---wikamurizis.pdf
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokib.pdf
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd71add3ad1a78f07270f49c619a6095/11230079864.pdf
    • http://perrymanreunion.com/clients/f/f8/f8644f0eb9578147d5589f75b8c3e300/File/83719565685.pdf
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/purotasolemax.pdf
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ad06d07ed49fdbab28216c2f178e240/sogifugifubirijuzinot.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0971b28f45---84105276182.pdf
    • http://prosquash.by/data/84701282292.pdf
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba07ec78169ab019da9243e20076a531/getijimibuva.pdf
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/wosufenibobegofoxifixenu.pdf
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e9e4c4a6c---41552998280.pdf
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/88445891778.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1806a9706b---73995570745.pdf
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/431ebd5be1928fe9e3da806e57223e9e/97747026259.pdf
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/solaketinigod.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=independent+variable+hypothesis
    • 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_off0000e4fb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4FB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd0d.bin
b4283ad967f67a48bcc971a70eae46271c339c3bde18803d9cbe039e3f01d81c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD0D 17476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b44.bin
0e8a68db61b59002adb60ca0da2ca7b51a75745237b32ac0d410cffe17053552
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B44 10760 bytes