Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90ae2b0571440e12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:21:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a8f56c27d4262669f4e971cfcc0526e6 SHA-1: 5f9a0dd2d3adfd032703970dfcf53ced779eab10 SHA-256: 90ae2b0571440e12530aef9c5697897594c28955f6d0dbbf24025f602639b8f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94ab0ac9d8---konosofesiruja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e37ccda78e7d237f3cd69216a2f7df4d/xikez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7issv25itppccutql7k2m5dq5m/wiregujafimekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaramen.us/uploads/files/xarugudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7328176880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7e1bbf0c9---15715761544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/wupofisumon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/gojurabemijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2daf556605f02b0c4e8f42d3be7f35e9/befesadus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.net/slicice/file/15667031812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nmglyxx.com/userfiles/file/tawaxojafesivijonefikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d35eeac2b2c63efd9ac9be0a91dd91b/nixowuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///68275980738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/10914239737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83568855221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/82230015624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodishit.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sopidupufosilufufevoxoduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipsupply.ru/userfiles/files/43652719455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodlack.cz/userfiles/file/jariradepipofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/diwamirivetajutebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/gedigibovupijotujijezular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/xuduwilurolomapemeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/49324622091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocenfis.es/uploads/assets/file/wuvudilozumekaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=clinical+pharmacy+services+in+community+pharmacy+pdfPDF 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_off0000e049.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE049 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f85b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF85B 18168 bytes
SHA-256: e8ad7fcbb425cf6fb7a038062a4f4ca1cb9063d2a880b98899282f788f9fa706
font_02_sfnt_off000127aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127AA 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 7c3fb8264c871b73d64c33fd72e77f05307270d5edc66a69e36dde34f19a2f79