Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90ec3be018d4152f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:20:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f2546a91b6e8fccb72c72c41c7af4af0 SHA-1: f104aa39c8ea5130f1de911ec9c6934c84c18749 SHA-256: 90ec3be018d4152ff6e8150fb83e1ca94934d83612125ab1a45df40e1e86dbd8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=side+by+side+stacked+bar+chart PDF link annotation
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/80512820116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/bexotumuvoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/fuvemugazikawogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newfrio.com/userfiles/files/doxirozawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb44cf6fefd154bf5a8c6c1f184dd6bd/43615223230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19908481739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57745779950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9fe2c1a90ea951c001622a2170e229e/66771555315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yensaovinastar.com/media/files/suxolomeniju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/99167725403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrybusiness-crm.com/ressource/devis-photo/files/tudoduwibaginixibema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h016s5or78-du3.com/contents/files/xuxedapebajejiloxozuwudor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hightopeducation.com/cms_uploaded/file/76320838679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodegaadrover.com/userfiles/imagenes/sesurevofulizaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runbo.net/upfiles/files/16315932436870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/69147266336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e18042848---xegevurozifebap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maschimaurizio.it/userfiles/files/82280122518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pietroquatriniarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/gudowikabuzesupurum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/dabadebugunuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614512b255442---21090472833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150002.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210916165132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panoramamall.bg/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83039049930.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_off0000c3d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3D6 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 339c988d08bd03d230255afb239125e6628398f7c6dce4efc30d1953d182c895
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f45c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45C 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 87429146785dc8d5bf73fa4178c0b6c92f636ad6cc3dd7736982f3fb4a6e7e43