Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90b06b2758bcadec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:27:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f134da285903f10a5bb8f2229419617b SHA-1: bbf1711e38cc3f305d1bfe6d81c40896cd3a9fb4 SHA-256: 90b06b2758bcadec3b162728fcd26e68bbde160d7488d1c7111a9185905cb036
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs hosted on various domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a redirection mechanism to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/bidesek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/zinifumapuraxedarilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210515013604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/pidujeloruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882a6bdb14b---58354491176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd43c5b22e2961ccbcb4a2743cdf1fac/76317131053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eca9a37c4610a1e698b8ec9ce1fb3b5b/7844868913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1catb0phln0stohe5iqprdh7lt/fiwenuwalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43627747129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/fabefisawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c097b4953e8---pogokaradakopivotekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701d35d6c97---41148700830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a33fb77df18c3057431b285d1268a886/timegiwunimamomiwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/81942947768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfff65d1ec6b2804fcb72463e16e4a94/senarag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c943258a7027dd6289edf890f7beac9/lewasebabavetibes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878d62725d9---gubinadipavuvakaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/vobewarenodanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9abf7c4f57a241a32ed2ee65babc38ad/67032922970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/kevubovinosazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa7a078b82a85e9d4cd13480c080a7f7/29322825657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/52713265920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d5af9ebcd---30156263221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+word+file+to+pdf+in+windows+7PDF 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_off0000c4e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4E0 16556 bytes
SHA-256: 3b5eeab1c871e0c1be9772861b509d3d1db818f0e4cbf1749529344da0be8121
font_01_sfnt_off0000efb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB8 10644 bytes
SHA-256: a91da4905b432120736a5acfa5f533d654659b65a8951c27419511f2afea416b
font_02_sfnt_off00010840.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10840 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1