Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90d1c8afb54c993a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:08:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0da532ddac90e0bb479ad0df8a223c1c SHA-1: 73ee0e48b72be9d734b81c0080425d25d361a55c SHA-256: 90d1c8afb54c993a2e480cfd6a9395648a656d95b4e8c35800e7f74c159f1c98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating further downloads.

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://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/67346594006.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://karaari.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/39288253689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d9dcef47e---93176808073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613625364f625---54666970872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paron-rebondir.com/uploads/files/fonepewunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144f157bf2fe---66519980156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jj2d38m83mlar8a3p1vso7ck64/xapurabefobezilepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1b3472c19---91879571886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c002246e51---pimamozedibaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/pizoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35311566547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210904_151639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnyten.net/userData/board/file/62601517268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/kokopalixikabef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebiz.kr/userData/board/file/89240189945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiswerte-unterkunft-papenburg.de/mediapool/niwivape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-guskov.ru/uploads/files/vowolavesagopegekimude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-mega.ua/images/uploads/file/faroxelodusumofovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/jewixaxomoriguvapagudif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajasthanmetals.com/userfiles/file/13871233973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614129867e6f5---75374235001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b51680be4233d02d1a82e654ab97cbd/pepurapudujabamukorun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealand-pptc.com/userfiles/file/333788656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7166867.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98130508861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=best+stopwatch+app+androidPDF 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_off0000ea81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA81 10704 bytes
SHA-256: f995a270f502ce6c51b1c08fbc36a90151cb34646d37ff0ba1f9d64f1f82db71
font_01_sfnt_off00010320.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10320 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 790c9b7ff41427c049186c14978397f3b76eabcced651d66d079ff282bb7fff6
font_02_sfnt_off00013207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13207 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1