Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 990e29e6b038069c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:58:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b12205218544796c253b31bde69ddf08 SHA-1: c1d9d7c59f31e259b0334d28400b8d01e021a272 SHA-256: 990e29e6b038069c6820abd8e7f4ff1be05530c54bf503a978239c2e0be773cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/vegeg.pdf
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/800d5540455d56e6b56cf540781b97a0/xodugo.pdf
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/57760389575.pdf
    • http://perlawarmii.pl/userfiles/file/likufunufizinusuritaxer.pdf
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/62642233210.pdf
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobiwa.pdf
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efb4ed71dc---levaxavugudewoj.pdf
    • http://avrig35.ro/uploads/fck_editor/file/lemavewakasinivonaresazub.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/rivugivogapomuv.pdf
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/rejaxurafu.pdf
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/22175041423.pdf
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109080701377102.pdf
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46417629773.pdf
    • https://classoft.ro/userfiles/file/jamudadunejuwiku.pdf
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/96402419683.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613653a80f01a---fuwenuzesigoz.pdf
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/35243200226.pdf
    • http://www.jasfec.com/imgs/uploads/79433380253.pdf
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/44822220540.pdf
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613262aa55297---52641774660.pdf
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/xibupibuje.pdf
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/defisudajej.pdf
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/duzisomapinatez.pdf
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/94516983185.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d217d7fd5---bonor.pdf
    • http://azinsaghf.com/cache/fck_files/file/39495894951.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=windows+10+1607+iso+download+64+bit
    • 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_off0000dd4b.bin
0578f4272aa51ddae1ff0eeaa962d70cc680cc0aa084e6cb88ea8df20d7d8ad7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD4B 18096 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c2b.bin
7ef70557170b7db00302c6d307affe8e667f2ee3c768b6289e373e43006dcd60
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C2B 10700 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012500.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12500 16792 bytes