Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90a5dfa7c1c698f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 17:47:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 90003fe6c4ee5990645e6e4c1deb2b0b SHA-1: 152fc1181d07178c3dfbdeb6fbc7ea620b7bbbb9 SHA-256: 90a5dfa7c1c698f44e714b5b985cece966b07c676be3c1ff2b18d34f0301b116
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Heuristics reveal embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of JavaScript (T1059.007) and the likely delivery method as an attachment (T1566.001) are key indicators.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963d6275495---46214389811.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d1dd20d0b---sekupojedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/35205684317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff282741cf38b75045d2b2bc51920b38/litudolasamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f84b13fefa---70888977061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2787f831a491780cc3e621ae1eecffae/tumani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfb1d675cb1ecd4909fd7d0a70d0c5ca/73020938271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c71babf2a1---56179866873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0bc1ee3ce---86164423909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc342d61715---50384595440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b41a7fe09377e02259aed82c0cd43e3/lesatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/dozumewebusarasamifopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d50c21d2443---85580594712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibnk78er60qs4r49lsaklg4ds7/midubezokixata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b730p2485blbmaa18agv5e4k5q/49247639228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a8b7a8d69---69684560554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.com/uploads/images/files/16774778232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/58910211274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9454cc590---24982613055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/sijozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stphilomenaonline.org/userfiles/file/49649762993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/negajogabede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/vexufejakokikevatodufivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=tide+cleaners+pricesPDF 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_off0000e859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE859 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 55250b0efff115556a1ff79cae8e407ffd0ae17535874990d11d879c1a7148a2
font_01_sfnt_off000115c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C1 10252 bytes
SHA-256: e9cf2a4b0c9bcf37f27d0f94668c0e33c8f4a1bd704774e7890bdc6cb60253e4
font_02_sfnt_off00012cd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1