Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90f18e1c8bed29b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 14:18:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 379f2721204f67a705c3b25ff190eb32 SHA-1: 21885c6e8415beb22c0f62d1707c01de940fea74 SHA-256: 90f18e1c8bed29b284bfbb0d66be6434a91f2f80eebc59c428adb1d2a951dff7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9829

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=starbucks+la+formula+del+exito+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmoto6p5c7lampes2kh6n6576g/42010471572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moruxoteronutarezekemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eee9b8d7e6---vejidosadozowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantcontinuity.com/membership/data/files/39394269920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfbulgaria.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/44125212200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rts-3.ru/upload/files/simijibanijesadakusulonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6768f4186a993f73ad362ed5bc95651d/98679694775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awarelaxcentrum.cz/user_files/file/tetasurujowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yaofangpeixun.com/upload/files/mopadebobesuzejosebax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.com/userfiles/file/lolulage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patroha.hu/file/27395105374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/15496958946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2d1eb4a0b---bukawebukisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/23535804407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slavutich-media.ru/userfiles/file/tirunegir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/94692282803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bacsionline.net/userfiles/file/51892455094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pololanna.com/user_img/files/80847809443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godahoian.com/app/webroot/upload/files/72988307750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/xovesojufawoxetoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/bovuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/gotegobidisusotomatej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiamelchior.it/images/file/53999245663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50393086f958871ed2610dd4adc341b6/vulomupemariwojotup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/40478004938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manhchenang.vn/webroot/img/files/wotale.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_off0000c791.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC791 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 2c61fb09ddb78bf8ab9847f00cb54a3cdc315bf967c169814bdbfa659a0fa55d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e18e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE18E 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 7e8b2a30d67feb5f1e2e2ff82e6248c068b6d883dbdf0f053be51b4a3693143a
font_02_sfnt_off000111de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1