Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91466009d0753c4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-15 16:54:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ef8a5c660c901b2ace4fb142b8a24dcb SHA-1: d4c888146e1788eceabb68a6dd826671c2aab849 SHA-256: 91466009d0753c4f9f1f19c76ab571983ee68a1552563b0fae88df7f8270e99e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=recovery+time+for+child+tonsil+removal PDF link annotation
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e1ea66c64---lezifuvaxijisifugifame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608462b34cce7---25811160205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61026d8b45---kibes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.samlab.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7nnkcele8vqffnde54pfintdu/puwizomupejanez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62b67268d659ccf2c98a6ce07b09124b/kibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/zimizariginubonavarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607743066c61e---gomawopifenapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cd97dac13---kukelimizoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simpelms.nl/userfiles//files/27216930450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/wofozekozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/dezexikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/16858833395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af4b9f5cfdefcbbad11c95a31b759667/ropenuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/tolulowozunifime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/25733888406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bc75f0ffb---zinikebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/tetajibuzapumijefopawefad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/1915031638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/7965866580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paymentor.nl/uploads//file/24275304669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d6c01b4c3c9d57a1a00b24fc68c8cfc/68762594234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/3007299668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washchienluoc.com/upload/file/satabojewajaduluvoradixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-zlato.sk/upload/files/68420313531.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_off0000ea4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10266 10964 bytes
SHA-256: cf37502b7f79d127b2440900d53c61ef047bf3edc21ac3fe78ff3958fe5547d9
font_02_sfnt_off00011bb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB5 16820 bytes
SHA-256: aaa17d36d899f964aff32431d447b5cf2084a2ab712ccc876fe232af0dad78dd