Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90d432b386fecc6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:29:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e0a945011dddc2701a8cbdc85d92e12c SHA-1: 91b25889b059b917b4598e1a778c3a484c869918 SHA-256: 90d432b386fecc6e6bdb46678f995def24a6173792679bafe56b529c1bb9c897
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely directing users to further malicious content or downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73cd51827214a93fa0b6fb51fd1ec04e/zomozemixonutiruveje.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53l89vh7ja46kl04v3oqp8a2ap/69050897079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed9603c0d3ecdcdc0cfcbdedee4c644/9779272032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qualityitalia.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93529011405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f16daf87a54---66679409997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/xejosusiregunarivol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longtra.vn/userfiles/file/varomanujifiwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/kipafonukaxopakori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/jalukanowikuzomemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltonjohnsonfamily.com/clients/870437/File/gometibubaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c190dceafd---76498948214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/80326888612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asvpp.fr/pdf/76722846500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/70412368538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74aff6b802---32335447888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/badorikazuvebimadatadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdb12e3f4af---vutujadusekuzawibapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9d1dd887d---waxesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9659a3206---lebevosikapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rap5qssbq81dr22acnqdibokda/13507008731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/85151532643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161114d186a48d---talajagifixenawuxode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c330b00dd4---20347673373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81234986149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=interpolation+and+extrapolation+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000c471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC471 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 58b445278b7d3701a22eb66035843efa7468914f3abda10da605b1291bcaa230
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CF 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 30f9f949145f8e8a21630984acd1e26a952a283578e3e4ffa020183b734e688a
font_02_sfnt_off00010aef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1