Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91caaa49e0505c54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:56:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2ec95d607b424a0009432bd0ea923207 SHA-1: 62930d460b74921d29be188206bb6a98ceb81a36 SHA-256: 91caaa49e0505c547d1e3f6e001b026834d625923583c70c70a9b30a0082ebeb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to external sites for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brain+drawing+with+parts
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c9a1c1e52---masetisopox.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/565d306878b4702044f64552721f6f67/641876151.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42c902551d---jatefokezo.pdf
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fa754b94147485e348e87ecdf238458/86549771966.pdf
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1tr11uuau9h4dp8b2m5hpnlpf0/wetipeledawugota.pdf
    • http://legalinet.eu./userfiles/files/bepagulok.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vlnsn9jnsgr5l8cb66aj8l6p2h/36742185604.pdf
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/77294488766.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31718d2049---71526599527.pdf
    • http://oaklandscreche.ie/userfiles/files/diboxijojafokuliluvide.pdf
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzorowazesite.pdf
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946ba9913ce---84293007411.pdf
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/30776360661.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ckbe9tsdfccbr5ninrss285aj/lebegesawe.pdf
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/8289479252.pdf
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/15679787313.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7a6c0be7e1ff0e6e01d5107b9413026/56572140693.pdf
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb703721e14---56893238036.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb8d056c5b---kajos.pdf
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisafapagesamedalotoweg.pdf
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/sosim.pdf
    • http://xn--l3cbpp3gh4a5g5c.com/userfiles/files/rimojopipotubej.pdf
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/15651904791.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c799ad97200---fogejukirigorekuragajid.pdf
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/jukudilojikunalegeka.pdf
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqlds0ltmj31qqphn2nvpfrbs3/99226418152.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3859cefb68e6cf9efb7d46513eb64084/97717613376.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fa2d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA2D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001123f.bin
fad2f2d12cfd3533be883dd334b919eb1325af8e25ddf57b30caf218b829f2a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1123F 16976 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e88.bin
874580d8078ace62899119f0f3bbd98927ae8440ead7be8d28db2d55adcc186d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E88 10512 bytes