Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90ed7ea06e684186…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:23:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2d43ad7b52882abf9249a880c64bf7aa SHA-1: 94ca04056a2f76c42318e4b7fe6709346e985294 SHA-256: 90ed7ea06e684186cf4ceb76e260b4c3b7b98cb51bbbadb8d641b85c81efbfbe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/99013259706.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/jadevonobepadojajikegefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdenito.net/userfiles/file/tudutukoreworonulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13a835d628b9d723232e7cac45f64db/33663008370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/defesixupabubenixori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/51631972828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614653c3c7f6d---40466148712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ccff80d2e48321a89fc59f0626616c/12051721848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f1aae62374---71718184235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rotodaxagemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impactmediaresources.com/userfiles/file/fotusiwosafiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/jitudanejivivoxarezusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgrima.com/files/file/80562007220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/13350247714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96105198c89ad52aaa1b6ac28e691605/10859086372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/7iUIRSWpe8z63axe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.ch/fichiers/newsletter/file/78770167754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/wilogaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/zatezikexuzejokexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/18905774550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=nfs+shift+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ab90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAB90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c3a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3A2 14592 bytes
SHA-256: 3bf37e7a36ab4232b5914aef2a9a030f97708f90b4d04d67a19575fe09ef16b6
font_02_sfnt_off0000e871.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE871 10248 bytes
SHA-256: ceb8b799806b714c6ec6130236eea9e1387691e0219aaa791e5da8d008984a08