Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90146797b21ae03d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 16:00:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d5ddcde27ede6282c2978a91eaa1b1e6 SHA-1: 5ade3af693e3a29d8d36e46408b361f1d268aaf4 SHA-256: 90146797b21ae03d9f5745fcd06cef37231fc1b23c6bdc7508a472be13cb1e5c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cuentos+cortos+para+ni%C3%B1os+sobre+el+amor+y+la+amistad
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/podipadosugajubujo.pdf
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///kujadelevuwimufop.pdf
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/48927860772.pdf
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/xozefis.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjoqg03irqkpml72tuscp03d8j/xanikovobevevogenivek.pdf
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/pimuvorowoleno.pdf
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e0cb238da---98327723702.pdf
    • http://maybaobidinhdinh.com/upload/files/vozebaraporek.pdf
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a7af141928943006617dce8e49ba43c/sarivi.pdf
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210814115910_dbjvho.pdf
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870de69b52b---savuluzodokufejofapog.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607926b5d2911---27274587993.pdf
    • https://komunalno-vrgorac.hr/files/2515164043.pdf
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/gojefaze.pdf
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/91914746685.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbedbd39a4---55648909549.pdf
    • http://haumeaonline.com/userfiles/file/84731410970.pdf
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b21b6c8254b6b6a651a072385a624ca9/delisutiwumibo.pdf
    • http://hi-techfiber.com/userfiles/file/lemanepexitobikax.pdf
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef1d89977320f3cbe37e80d09862d1c/ditawuxefuridali.pdf
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d6ca5a1c0---wewalegelelepagezewule.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072052518644---nibutipada.pdf
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/tunevefop.pdf
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/wujemikefinozurajobawemo.pdf
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/auldk5o5lcs5tuge502sr3224c/42274683119.pdf
    • 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_off0000e0bd.bin
5908b3423b9226788aba7d48f8f8d34dddc3dc71931ab3524e6cfd395d1e149f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0BD 16904 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b69.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B69 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012380.bin
4c4fc1310a9e3d56cf1af1b0c6e4f7ba57078ea2fcbba789939ce6603ea361e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12380 11268 bytes