Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90d8fbb827aa267d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-27 19:54:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: c1fcc1054088ccfebc30e7652c22f8f8 SHA-1: e297e801dc76c72d8d52ac8a6eb56af7220099d7 SHA-256: 90d8fbb827aa267d43ee5c9da0fd582228441d508fe63ebf2b512139bda30003
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed to appear legitimate but hosted on unreliable infrastructure. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, aiming to trick users into downloading further malware or submitting sensitive information.

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=marathi+movie+app PDF link annotation
    • http://bowlingkillers.com/imgdb/files/mujikojokotam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaxezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/kipexamarirutuluzunobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paraglider24.de/pics/fotos/1/file/37538133038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjpexport.com/files/jenuxejeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brincandoeaprendendo.com/fotosempresa/files/33842335418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-tms.com/uploadpic/xw/files/81199387033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f080394233ecb9e9536235d7a225a734/tixelivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bb42a8a13---pafivevinakijomabupewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kopafuzokusilenopenep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quocteanviet.com/img-chamthi/files/39500125211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53452242263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texasbordervolunteers.org/userfiles/file/73789051932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelstore.ru/upload/files/regadatekuluxokuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98530519606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/maruligul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161452cb9a2996---gamumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgcanada.com/userfiles/file/pavufedixirotoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sb-78.ru/files/file/gibafuloxokerosapeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosciklodzko.pl/files/file/31888102759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tp-pos.com/uploads/image/files/70297418939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklima.net/upload/ckfinder/files/95767844896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://le27.fr/docs/file/ximugolivuxefotegosom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614095725a708---pokugerixuroma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-dammarie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62830489093.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_off0000b247.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB247 10256 bytes
SHA-256: 318dc8d58fb1d9f42c1c408af9473d14bd11c7d7dd60099f24ce70f80c5cb094
font_01_sfnt_off0000c95a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC95A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e16c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE16C 16268 bytes
SHA-256: 26e1495e20967a6cd06cf85c788b22bedcb779ebb7be66e134df6348e8d1c75d

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