Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 990801ccefbd31d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 22:33:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 136889ffbff7cd5c0f4f510240a72cce SHA-1: 3d10b75b8b316761b7814315def51e03abb12434 SHA-256: 990801ccefbd31d7159312ab7bdc2c1c37d3fb4237a2f8a9495e7b7b4f61a55b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer, likely to download additional payloads or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=run+3+scratch PDF link annotation
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/wusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pm-property.pl/userfiles/file/43161065474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mim2010.ru/userfiles/file/46334967064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://offerparts.com/upload/files/zonusokanadodaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/86253905714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vp-dmsh.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafedidonijonepiwomatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/21664143917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bcslaw.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/watirunid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/dobulukodetulexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doxipikoleresezevedupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-warszawa.pl/pliki/file/90663049556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/koqjrj31k5b0d9fhnmapa564l4/fiduraxurixepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/zolujune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15b8f58fd46c99d8ad2fd89e65efb415/49411793109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ed1b8421e58ecfa0b601996104f3cef/44149140749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/penofas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e9d3617450---25119340287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmflower-kkc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77837620635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-kamera-rendszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68313775127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/54116628307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f2b997ef4ac083345d6b374867b54f1/satewanixapanidiris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/75998394939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/motokukov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cbe5f4d87c---34041070532.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_off0000d948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD948 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f15a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15A 17568 bytes
SHA-256: a9f6ab18d05dfd32ca68b1281d0dc12df25a6f4248df089edef879289b632162
font_02_sfnt_off00011eb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EB2 10256 bytes
SHA-256: 4542238ae5f050f9ee0d4ee6f07229c1eed4ae4f951ca17177b9b2eae7893dcd