Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90d86046a1d1438f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:38:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1b53ca8a65cc97bce578143c7a942451 SHA-1: 8a432ecb6be57087e9bb73cdea2fa5c91b9f4ca0 SHA-256: 90d86046a1d1438f70815c7a43998dfb4ced3a2011e755d7eccd1ddf7cb87860
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/40176406182.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/98517016204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/20909782294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a780e53cbab---47801927539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/83424077437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/77728926646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2089937d19---98878643887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7817ee5651---46658807847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/440891475c4b93fb66d148015258ca52/18146486380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e3bbc4cfc---wafeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d22b356f77---wafimumul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog//file/3916230711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a5858e4b1175a0e730034e12c52558/tuben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2cfda08f12f80193ebf1f246450ed36/77998928064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/22505126163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/15705299856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6e4694a19---tamofivawubumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/62469503354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcb13b836f---63231972357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/310cd3fb214ba7d4795375313e266401/62226534397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/65342670991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melhi68.com/clients/69549/File/xufenivomiguninekoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezoduxijetubugezanipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6fa09cb3f539caca38e637dfbd18f6c/bonunixipovirujebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/55848214377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hypertherm+powermax+1250+g3+series+service+manualPDF 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_off0000dd4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF561 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 2bcc5dd87da4f7182f4ab6e3cd723966aa7cc69aa77f49aeccb0e9819c779fb9
font_02_sfnt_off00012604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12604 11880 bytes
SHA-256: a077751628805baf00a1d3afb9c98777ec9b3800cd3ee9c4a87019d35c68b105