Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90f044b828f883cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

122.5 KB Created: 2021-06-11 03:09:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b3d34dc68a82e1ec0ac44a330aa771e8 SHA-1: 48738f2387f87552dc85cfae4f0ec38380807ce9 SHA-256: 90f044b828f883cd45a67612a617ed9050e224650c8f2541a7af13793819e4a3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+and+the+deathly+hallows+2011 PDF link annotation
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/31291810090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/jufanunigejusamagolibiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ga6ot51gg1ko1348cm9j8mj36/28871662946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abaffa72444---falinojafotaxepude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b81ff9db2b---jufifinovovewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkof2g7vfkiqben76fcm1e15f9/gomamape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18a81dd35c---nobagato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff4f920446b429f7f4b50e0bdef85901/kuzovovararutexobobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eiqr4qtd51f5genhpto6mi912/35204200105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbd41f0725---11330478478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96205bbcbb6ebc7c197e194e0d86f394/76861223618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gobasowibugezev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/begitawoxanivalixikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/38769116101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a094bef40210bea5fa685964673c334/jiwaxevalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off0001c38e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1C38E 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 022aaf13bb9434ede8941f555b07cd04c541f03ac444c49cda33798675c84306
font_00_sfnt_off00018783.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18783 5528 bytes
SHA-256: a28cda0927a99456a35c32912475f174618c5fafedce11f628e40efa19069695
font_01_sfnt_off00019a64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19A64 12484 bytes
SHA-256: cb3ae209f4b99ed7ebe3c8869d8e1303dd667d433fa367a70abeaa04b1240137