Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90f2a77ca1785d60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-11 08:26:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 3725050405a23d77df6f92445920474a SHA-1: ab5efddc346f3045921f27fb50126a5b301ffa47 SHA-256: 90f2a77ca1785d609436dbbf3af4f151ec6ceed6bbdfe8c0dfd8f2c0c7c34cd5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0416ba92322184c2a83e6a29819a290/41216912433.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/46408299631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202104/file/rulobemula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/malupimipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c65ba0f7cc---kizekefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/miwitelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/37480401045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbac986a3a---11884192998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc995e6939---mubopigiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/63082877274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907ce93b496---23478499969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugavofoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-p-n.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/15712453775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecf0a75629---sumituzafufevonupat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfc295e233---donitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d0efaf0a2---gupodadamuxojojite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096804a19770---72585280581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/satobafasonolivepetilepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/lagulamajozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bce9bbe78d---67631024176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/75240093305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portamarioarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/12238970876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+does+a+street+vendor+license+costPDF 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_off0000f281.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF281 10876 bytes
SHA-256: f8c170a41d6ae8797c7cf09a27dbbbba8783b3d5244921feb0d28746e5f15c1b
font_01_sfnt_off00010b77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B77 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 948d52fff8f357d0c99fc792641dbb2d50321cdf7bfe626d2cf59e7eb092f1a5
font_02_sfnt_off000138d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1