Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90b917751336c548…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4371077823932f94a67d1792d26d68eb SHA-1: f648e5528bac7a2c28ad09eb0278c9d0b5a76291 SHA-256: 90b917751336c5484ef9f84bb5276bac98e8050dfbe8708f208e08d65161d425
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comprensione+del+testo+inglese+scuola+media+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasavetinixafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a8cd3b34ae---15159474256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc26cf2520f---91477410403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086baa024842---gededupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/16607619909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_6AD95522EF997782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///pudopeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://concurs-euclid.ro/upload/fck/59594987113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/96556681650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28c72efd03---jojituratejanufavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/fasezasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ogodudetebonaxaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/189d5aefad4ff1d12fd5931dca3ec2c6/fofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.net/filespath/files/20210810073827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/vutemojoruwukosigonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/peselr57tuhioq1je363ttlq64/48943487740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://net-mex.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54450532570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitalclassof1971.com/clients/4/4c/4c1e4f015ba9b8bec237dc1ca705466d/File/rirevoterabomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96rangjai.com/userfiles/file/48413046358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/61319581100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/75600374322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/kakimokikiraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed4e7e2ff4079aa7b38e2b982060d50/56968890044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE336 17760 bytes
SHA-256: fa4c4db06b4134d91b6d04f6ef0885cfc838940124597a1e758aab4238b760b3
font_01_sfnt_off0001119a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1119A 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 064bb49b0fdacb4028c1ce422b79468f376c43928d391aa2ba65c58c9da4bb71
font_02_sfnt_off00012b42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1