Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91226c19e9442ae4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-28 00:08:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 4cec37af759dac9f947d165c509a0643 SHA-1: 897bb549bbcb84548c83ce8b5ff7617153d0dd52 SHA-256: 91226c19e9442ae41c744867889ae69a3ea927793d9b0efeb8400b0745d5a9ac
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and clickable action. It presents a link farm pointing to numerous compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=instagram+reels+video+download+without+watermark PDF link annotation
    • http://topstec.com/d/files/wifotolorupimikanozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/77510760515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b6cb6c9cdd---69524296624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads/files/202109270956009937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscconsulting.com/userfiles/file/6220841139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/85432393238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seger.cz/userfiles/file/vuzokejefubavasapen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velomagazin.hu/UserFiles/file/16827569766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/47426281092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/91505521309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ytdrive.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jamazifokerepivexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eminenceinc.com/userfiles/file/junimexajezexivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/71262793115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/jebejenopozunagubami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batterseataxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/vaxitaruxolitafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8e6292f6c20d26515a10ee488c40f31/1635209837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auditorescr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28512065291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150b694c4371---gufotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45016601139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/baminuxaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147752ac8daa---34546307822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatstone.com/upload/files/pinoviferapigiwewowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukikostka.pl/uploads/page/file/golebixunanulube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbinteriery.cz/userfiles/file/zawenofasopakabizitow.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_off0000aec1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEC1 14168 bytes
SHA-256: c0e4454eed8b3636c8b97ff1af56a978b10ccae0f36553317c84d83c85c811fb
font_01_sfnt_off0000d249.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD249 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA60 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 0d4aa20312a68a775c31d322447889ae6f276c163df9c8ea9b93a76fccdb9d82