Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90e6cd31e7046d5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:11:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 29b4d172d132124e3b929ee8ae0cf699 SHA-1: ced0b26db4e8c74340fd933992fcc798d2758369 SHA-256: 90e6cd31e7046d5a5791fc437a179cf0327cba6f420bbd6d9a91f46bb8ec2252
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, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as lures to trick users into downloading further malicious content or submitting sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osst1blgl7s8hl3rd3ne8627u2/82985053227.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4edb7e83a9---nikazebinede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kominove-centrum.cz/media/files/file/58188956018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/ramekupokafugagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36c582acd6---26416803156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b38de9b3c---50119540416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0d87736600---pubam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/49839412243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/98308650377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpoggi.eu/userfiles/files/91498738804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bdb6ca8dde---48361637948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/jidixolepixofirurawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/gevatamugitafutisiropi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/31319935962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanticcompact.org/userfiles/files/salulafijufokibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28777cfb77---25891127900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/77872709614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a944d10a0dd---mozezegadafuwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c414409682d4a8f968a9ca538867dbc4/34537707154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatagz.com/uploadfile/files/95792051530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/494umg1lfr270m6lacvgdvo4r6/40081396681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb52e86cfbb---zuroviropixafutakijixegud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e8e8bb80d---57166596954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=moeller+technique+exercises+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_off0000e56a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE56A 17032 bytes
SHA-256: f14b438809260dbbab64f610fe735d8d7731324856cd0ccccda42fe79aba8934
font_01_sfnt_off00011196.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11196 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129AD 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 70a918f0c896f500cb78e6065e5664883c3d665baf4f93b92fc46d45b6520762