Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91a76045cac3b55b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:05:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e361d227c20e9aebc2e62647941bef63 SHA-1: 5af438fd5805f38584291180dda84f43c57a0cc3 SHA-256: 91a76045cac3b55b7da4356f8c9428e4b37af748ed14e7fd5992d3f13830dc96
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 redirecting users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=r+print+to+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ateliergermain.club/sites/default/files/file/fugomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planningpvedh.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/donuxijisigedebikuzugeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132fcb920f2c---jowujosokuwitani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodebiaggi.eu/userfiles/files/xidebaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/janonotituratolebeloseki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/64446219386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villadorottya.hu/uploads/frontend/files/menenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jilienjrubin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gaguxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiecarriere.it/uploads/file/dilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukientubepxinh.info/gomsu/sanpham/anh/files/89979255775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93278543432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongjiukeji.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914150430872975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hybsch.it/upload/file/diguvupimedenopuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032ut1e7thjmirom7372dknr4k/lomeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36788490239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jolanyee.com/upload/files/202109141636407046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girisimcilikproje.com/resimler/files/juvinuwejokosuzifirumagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5e28317ae---20118961400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/namivedegabemike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/kapolokewuzefesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/94615624956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telek-trans.hu/editor_up/57680818035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metall-press.ru/files/nizorisamosaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwhe.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16657777836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/senusimijarerenawek.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_off0000e4da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4DA 10028 bytes
SHA-256: 284e5cd72f9273082148b42927297aff862442c379c25146dbe4e3de1e289b66
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001133e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1133E 17044 bytes
SHA-256: 715a2df8198455969a5bccfc14998e1a2b15b3656abf989cf856e69d2a41c876