Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91a24c510a416551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-10-02 10:01:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: de7338d9f463dc92867a0b7c5f76ee48 SHA-1: a96424a3ead19359e4f19a17307e69c963c1abe1 SHA-256: 91a24c510a41655130f89bd155b0e5c517b8db9ce6867a597017689b8af52ef7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially compromised websites further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawemorazururaduzezej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148c6dd97da4---gisenuweviwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/patutukidetej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/migaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmgec.com/Uploadfiles/files/tuvizinini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8obob1unrlate9kt35a09liav1/85020642946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/becb8a09dbf628e197d0afc809be759e/47080592585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodispirito.it/userfiles/file/95761482120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuolascifondocortinadolomiti.it/userfiles/files/9015023105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/munon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/37476234935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anshan56.cn/userfiles/file/1630834987577139934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ortopediaszombathely.hu/editor_up/77704976574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/19008161062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/xarawagojiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/38405692654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d2d9d4818---90016661809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az-volnycas.cz/volnycas/fckphotos/file/mepomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanrun-it.nl/userfiles/files/nogot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalcinsezer.com/upload/ckfinder/files/punudenazokukexosekixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclearusa.com/images/file/15476066238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adci.vn/data/upload/file/moxevemuvudevov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/mirapojofeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7f80f267f34b46fd0ee63538a6c4f4a/23319202697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamayeshniroo.com/shop/file/pokagove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tufapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321d39e3e57---67806338537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cds+2+2015+question+paper+with+solutionPDF 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_off0000b7b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7B7 14932 bytes
SHA-256: 044be5dfa97dac2da202d72e8b2a2bdcfb457464b8880ce9c9a06a151c0cb470
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCFD 11280 bytes
SHA-256: cb78078f13b3cd6e5e988202dac51e5b0685ce544f27b6d735f3654acfbee782
font_02_sfnt_off0000f75f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1