Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90e76484a4712ac0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:18:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 446b4f8c34c1f393297b6714e0263164 SHA-1: 9a0d745d5867c9abb4c68edee5570f9d3ac9ed3e SHA-256: 90e76484a4712ac0179c2af476b0221548184e8d4cd4f63d2111b079fb702741
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic suggest a coordinated effort to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=histology+book+pdf+download
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a8a3ccd89---7152787105.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8d5fc52f96---61890609268.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ca73f35fd---lafuvugum.pdf
    • http://csc025.com/userfiles/file/20210617201059_jdbgje.pdf
    • https://esperanzadeavila.com/fotos/file/rofenuvojosufipofetogo.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/70788915972.pdf
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/16926482271.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1c79316a5---noxuxob.pdf
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b568ab93a---35850821284.pdf
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/xivetoborupojimomijot.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840af4a5f6a---26181648863.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32687450ff---zogurenatidebami.pdf
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/bipasivajebin.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db590d9b3a---lukupobexadutululanako.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c33fc5c6a---riwagitipisurudesasewubix.pdf
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/gexiseposerom.pdf
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7080c0c1c9e3074f8e0eb659215c19dc/71597213207.pdf
    • http://taborcapitalpayment.com/clients/d/d0/d0a3925ee25d0adc8806453b18bccccc/File/berobasaduzopisewukon.pdf
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af77e0651ed---puwogamedeli.pdf
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/kexenovesulitiminimuwi.pdf
    • https://hotelindigha.com/FCKeditor/file/rozasizugusuf.pdf
    • http://polletnv.be/uploads/files/tijiwakerawa.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bea7c7226.pdf
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/sadivunasopedegipuzeliget.pdf
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e486fdbab5118b05e853eb2976978a6/27586700608.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9bd.bin
3c2c9a1e7440765b41610450aee4dae4b9488ea42b826af31624cbb20d9ca2c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BD 16864 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115a5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012dbc.bin
27a475cb1489fe487a842c6aaf5630062d618efc7b36ce671edb672cbc6db26d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DBC 10864 bytes