Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90c305a885aa108f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 00:10:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f4e08a5916d969b10224e9c82f1d6cca SHA-1: 0eb0ce19de1b0a704c9bb6bf2652d1e3dee39d1e SHA-256: 90c305a885aa108fbed979e61d6c5a6f294e0fcfba35923599297136878d9f5f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+stick+figures+yoga+poses PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d00baeee43f---9071122771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f588bce82---raxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2ca93d5581---56119310309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b043e32b929---24626722936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/dunalewatalupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/zinapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fd30dad3f92c80fbcb6e6afad10312a/zijatene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c650243ab59e56a24d86ae036b58b8a2/xowujorebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/287d3e377ebc98f17e6b4c9cdbd12365/zorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/zixatigisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/89392647338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/35975640640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82bf1c3f6f107fe6a13865fe6281edc9/20331931900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/velinotovemaxepokap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e524fefe7c18b0da21e071512cbef4e7/29474555015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/supuribetajumoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/gotolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/44290691561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c168ede33b5078dbc18418c9f2af6e89/28456038681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a139a86f987---ribotapofizawukofozusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940790b4a29---97364882260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrorevisionimonregalese.it/file/lefibalunurimarurine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rfamilylucas.com/clients/73238/File/nufofizijigigumuzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ip2lg1phagj85p6kmil756s76/70047345098.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1A 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 6ddb4725020db28585e96484842a13d787f6e8d138cec7fcf35c6fb50c4ee0a6
font_01_sfnt_off000108bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108BC 2040 bytes
SHA-256: 6b435c367dc4b33ec2aa7bc8d8e99a5cc01a1695fbed0568b5f673e45793bff6
font_02_sfnt_off00011218.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11218 17340 bytes
SHA-256: 310d985744e34bbc7d87c98cde687fba8734f5ffd3f76339eca6111e2b51c9b6
font_03_sfnt_off00013f6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1