Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91389826d8c0d7bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 17:05:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 81205180b4c458451b89fe122a517683 SHA-1: a43384649f81ce09ac9b9d3966264ec7f30f77f6 SHA-256: 91389826d8c0d7bd29fcd288b61ee17fb8dc9b9e37c724a9306bf43cf7d71aa1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains. This pattern suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content indirectly.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/54265014265.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/judopabimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/vovukizafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3v9a7ffmv2fu15462g1dt6ta9/61442196475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cfb00bdd4---vewukajif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/mulugebovakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/17163584489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13kntgj891h7hlf20k563b0pr5/53230089335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dl1cvd5aqnruo9db0hq2ioe8o/peroba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adarshvidhyasankul.org/userfilesfile/41707409230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/80978075179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a6ed22ed0---bosedosonuzazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e22829fdf632023c8eea89a9a7b18be/wasoxofozajolalejevinunet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c408d1ada56---kudemakonumupelomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-eria.pl/mandarynka/pliki/files/20400591024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandhighclassof1962.com/clients/c/c3/c330a44b04b080977bf299ea430a317d/File/67291066906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608437699afe3---13147208981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098aa22962ce---62941665521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d434a67cd1---xibido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/maxirerepukatebemiwonizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b8ea1a5fc460338def7415e403b40cd/posiwodarujore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/761558e53299dd536a223aedea0000b4/jitanipowumanofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/46785315220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=gold+c1+advanced+new+edition+coursebook+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000c068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC068 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d87a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD87A 16824 bytes
SHA-256: f15eb7a43b11babdcfe3673f51c24b4f282e4fef5ad0eef83f5b64d53d5f595b
font_02_sfnt_off000102a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A2 11188 bytes
SHA-256: a2c55fef406dec5309a5c9017fba905e454773c13fd0016525e3faa50eb1a94a