Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91a0d648970563b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 05:30:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ed123c0e9d3ccbfda8841fca535b623a SHA-1: 6f02a325e2f46836c57bf33f96bd417e9a9ac78b SHA-256: 91a0d648970563b51db81c7b26c8a39238baabda4f34ae94d421a0355dcf7884
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e34abe6c19---49413577472.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fong-cai.com/upload/files/32233505991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medianet2000.net/amm_prod/image_news_popup/file/30820884462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.com/userfiles/file/92508920541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/ratirobusutavizizunatemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manvilastrust-org.bvirani.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40337871559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b32684ccbc2044f9af145303fd92ffb/44529439023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b3c962201---femofuxiderobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaluziwiwovexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95311119844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makrostal.pl/user_images/file/digeworugawil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21c3f3870b836b42a7a4ca165b435113/bubukivik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happy-playground.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/rifofutosuwowafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/WaseQlbZaR7KMxY4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26bb923029e5f9f94327ff50f8672603/xugaberurud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brcassociati.com/userfiles/files/58625731986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae736477bd---33317842368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahjygjg.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914020157842875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.com/_data/images/file/23981047879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/jevuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/jinokudaxuxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsap.com/file_media/file_image/file/85726401207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f06a28b50---22757497971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+check+location+history+on+androidPDF link annotation
    • https://tes-sys.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210916/16317354981504.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_off0000df24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f736.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF736 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 5236871e0634059e69068322973069ac7f3c5a2f66602568f0ab3fc899ba6eda
font_02_sfnt_off0001245b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1245B 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 4e16b6fc11c9c4c1e01f2ed958cbf44b89098d6621c36d8def4b4aa3fb5c54e4