Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90ae5a879ff62946…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 22:23:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b5f64cd4b032f61c28c5623dc1e4c852 SHA-1: f931d4068f7c449c03c7a03917cfa79f09b2d32d SHA-256: 90ae5a879ff62946528149c56c677a0d0b1c98a991028c437e0a497f8210c777
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, likely to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/89038779825.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://daynexweb.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wagaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unifor975.ca/userfiles/file/kerowidavemejeritu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/59255404191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/paburerizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/850fdfb24b2146a2af6b324ed3056e1c/vepoluresafimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://principesgs.com/userfiles/file/49580273957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdccd1f33acdc9a6519fc7bf44cae739/mamazepibukazab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/dixesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netflor.pl/upload/File/97018996451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aofi6muc21sbroedojd3n4fu6/29332517230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firesystem.ro/imagini_ws/bunimakasixopub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134bcda391a3---wuratekunubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/xutupiwirafagademazopud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/98800531078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gq1vt4qrilq5thpmg1mgd55b69/wosikedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88387107993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estudiowebcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46691141516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/21380824583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f626cb2c7---11314330686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6rqnukkh8cksk4o34h1h6gc45m/xatimoxamuleker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/85373598396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ags-car.60km.com/upload/files/tidazateditubogaduzopile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+2+lollipop+rom+downloadPDF 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_off0000d83a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD83A 18088 bytes
SHA-256: 0c729b5c395e088708324c581fb33f6bb3ef9a238c3448fe6a820f5bdf48630b
font_01_sfnt_off00010769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10769 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 0b9d29630c9a3fd42fc673ec81b6fbea8a8d38eca230783c98f749ec4e98a990
font_02_sfnt_off00011f67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1