Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90e49d23ca90b517…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 11:48:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 56aae94e79d6cea81b9ae610adba9177 SHA-1: 3185bc22100cd4353dece814f61c90d47abdeaf5 SHA-256: 90e49d23ca90b517eafebe5a948e4fbde3a364e7717c7340a0e6a7adbeeef80e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites host PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage lure or download mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2fa04afd0---4421437394.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f14bcf8038a073d1b0dbf0abdfb12125/kifubureketaminedorudaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3081730894e8de29c8a531cb1700070d/fuwukezifexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5211c764fe0e61192fd466b9f45789c/79509754494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/nukiluwigiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8719111738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfc90d8ba8d332a42b7b92defb9dab40/83868396458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780b8ad2f6f---58531369894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5faa2e70e---levunedes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/4254938244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/dorujopodexoxugumasobasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f15c8a63f---fajelowitidinuganefujuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/37493363443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/69976419260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/8948730566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/bewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/nuwufuxixabivafelar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tbvojr2i2v6lqapiajs2n9ai6/83754647738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/90627902567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.euro-fly.eu/userfiles/files/93959158078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmcs.ca/userfiles/files/zoganoruvonotafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/renasijedugusegev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0c84b1fde6---65271100617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/xonobopezilafene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=abacus+for+class+3PDF 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_off0000f0ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BA 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 92e64f27b805b8731586cc6d784e7845cc0abbd057a9a3a70dc6c84ef9b9a03d
font_01_sfnt_off0001082a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001203c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1203C 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 475dcb2ca3fb1eedb4f903a377302758cb81416962045442505caaa9caef330a