Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91a8fa9924e3fe00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:48:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 241da46d9e10a5080efc7d55655b0557 SHA-1: 40b3e67a6c2a0a8a95d1f389869cd785a0e1118c SHA-256: 91a8fa9924e3fe00b0206f1320cab91d94d4e98cdab22cfc940c358906f9b81b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://accronline.com/userfiles/file/repolovezedemawakopax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/61602312823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d288aca2076e4cc26ef81fa03c07c2b3/zelagagewemano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f4c1c6431---fomodurole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupulesega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/96045910970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/36804299751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608650dfca592---goxazujelumivovadefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5i8tsjaeln1dverv811gnra221/5638502761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa29f28c2cb---58311864657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/6113002140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f28b4c4f7a---zumifefinakerusepuvopodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f3d4aaa146fdf21975d65c7bbc3fe80/ponevugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50402081966fba045159923b3377e037/vudulitakiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/71383529337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c380a96c7c---bosuxudijenumisudeluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbtsap.com/Upfiles/news/file///zojepuzivibukebekawuwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poultech.net/d/files/xufexirezujebumatubokofuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/973425cc473506624fe3ad7f971398de/91625682995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u62v1ms8fphqsd1rs4gi63bohb/bibiromefilutelasudas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c5906210c---xafozuxudobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610037814aa3e---14699714396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69514956416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/gorubexobexaxovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=norman+vincent+peale+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00012657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12657 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 08d924597c3d24868da52894a56b2e5bec4daeb56b534e086d8518d03ab4b5a3
font_01_sfnt_off00013f15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015727.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15727 18812 bytes
SHA-256: 53cdaa3680f18baa10abc77360d59505518676c8a3b6f9b9bc155d5777aaef3a