Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91f955f30117cedc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-01 05:01:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: d817afd4d5bad995b5a36eef5b06b590 SHA-1: ed971cac8360800c9bb0e11626ff28063007d463 SHA-256: 91f955f30117cedc7cc905a7d4681b4046743ed2860e4e2c037004b65cb7f5bf
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a lure to download further malicious content, likely exploiting a client execution vulnerability.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=monster+legends+mod+apk+unlimited+everything+latest+version+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://hoctienganh123.net/upload/files/71698039994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/jaburuwalalonegoxijigovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a284f8988ac---98279037296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608223e19e5cf---gexipajogubogoxefar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/72700801122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/76414214318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f507367f4---keruloxixawalepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///90791618401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4p4piaqtrt1ftdg3f1rquda91/53600864858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b28edcfd68d7f1ade5cbdda47fb20a4/82082185673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/romiredewejugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/jetamoluxexefejidefomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca4b27f75c---35989807609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1facb4993---71805349719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/wejojuduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/fipupalaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szilasfood.hu/pic_upload/files/mebokusojupevupetajapoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/78055105389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u754q6c5bgk3d8afhg4fnnple2/xozewotavoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67cc03ea2a858ba483c9ccb1f11d83ea/wuzowavamurelusef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvacations.com/userfiles/file/dokakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210513230344940.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_off0000f014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF014 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10826 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 744d94ffb9fa40db228c56d99ba86b288241457435cf495ef53b6a6e524e9be5
font_02_sfnt_off00013432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13432 11444 bytes
SHA-256: 4bf4b467b4766b8a2b9d3d931c0054657700b99b5bb3094020d60bacb3b36da6