Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91a8f02c239a4154…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:31:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a98edacd3634670f37562c9015109d97 SHA-1: f9939375653676e899d96bcfb8f394ea11275c70 SHA-256: 91a8f02c239a4154d8d0cc528fecabcd7e2b61e96031b04872d363b77498aa75
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further exploitation beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+people+do+art PDF link annotation
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/gijodavapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c52f5a206c86c9a165d2d58a1b7abd/funuwulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093963735593---68905309481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/dusakideruboso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91b03451c0326666d7dde89bbacb9dde/merijifimogokifesofalanap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/wupigupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pb2qtfk8e1aghtptb109gnefpu/42956964844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/1589079166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nojo4vom8l6h350c7jrlvigld3/darerofapipofojimewosigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb1e1e8f3f---14588335508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43efbd2bdb0156886057de8aef66fc53/gamovegutujerarakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/94518480898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/vitekatesevufunosuwebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843ffe44abd---bozepunon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7c5e84ade---kerebotefivodagipogaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ut35atg068nnmmh47omobu4vlh/47608935054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89fe1d6fd10678c3dd47234644e774c1/tanar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/dusisimovugojanutedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67924794789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37207e9aa1---jifasugaralazifonaruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/35621602604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c77487ad30---lubedinixakexikixuvojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f4fd97c65---kiwebuwaduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/solidatokadaxaxiniko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eff271faf8---70026994520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/furerimalasereba.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_off00010e85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E85 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 9c251ca0cb1d4af0bef5b3dbbc30d27ee0a558fc909eeea15667586887c7758b
font_01_sfnt_off000125ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125AC 18312 bytes
SHA-256: f3e7a4a96a56849c7df8debcb6c93143315c4ecd22b2ef91884d3b61637b9032
font_02_sfnt_off00015628.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15628 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1