Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90ea4278e7f11a92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:58:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 11dcf4c79a242340611223f1f74b1260 SHA-1: 0011dd5f4993d4c13329dd71474ab49a14ddf53d SHA-256: 90ea4278e7f11a926d92542fdd72740129c3fd7eed53c4bc83d30850bdc4a5ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, which in turn host further PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfe6b9c0f7---13198723718.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84313142616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uctodane.cz/UserFiles/File/62754225732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapmaymn.samdigroup.vn/app/webroot/upload/files/71412271337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncunse.com/d/files/lidukotopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc7f3d7ad3---munuboluxere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077200b168d9---nowemotexebalonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82cb9efdd9---pibidufodazetajafijeluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e433238dd---dolukojugomaveribaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3pcmadvcjc9i207o2j31eok65/fuponipipozusazosatume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607748b95cd17---22774709787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citadelcaralarms.com/userfiles/file/25008122006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.singchai.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6035137701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/30187714794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/64045143164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8f907b521---sarulagemijumewamuxofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a3b8ce87f6---kazebakofuredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/wulixogemirilosirekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/fetotamutamovoxamib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konteshamamotu.com/userfiles/file/wivizolikomegoxozadabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/82100459481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bad1291e6b---49155577124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aq1f4rpph9ot1i83gitltbh0f9/27476882033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eternalbliss.net/file/jusomose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d318945ea3---84383253525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortworthdental.net/cmsCart/upload/file/47046781755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=makkar+reading+book+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e21d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE21D 10716 bytes
SHA-256: a663bb73ecedcda35853a9cd0fa9d6bc97c4ab9c868f58c73dc8455d1cdead02
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011277.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11277 17700 bytes
SHA-256: c92299cee9ac57381fc25f45c722331d5e5abc9e4ca10a2959a6c5d021440487