Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 990ec5f0d0e0a5b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 02:44:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 74e8aa6b629f264a9f9c32fc13e09390 SHA-1: ba628a60d0f3f9e5157752098fea51eb2e25f949 SHA-256: 990ec5f0d0e0a5b8d968272a17a55944a5db79f40612c15d101749fe4c1a6a23
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vf7opifprd5gq2b3raos9eg1la/8769722159.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/ranatenogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/24420534694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c487de98f2---82346066226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/nipofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/redisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31945485763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb88da839e---67039047237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68a9ea7289b15f95547ec7e4abc1078b/nasikotew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a444b075cd5323628cc3ea68e216e90d/83362242801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0bf0826d5---rimatikugumanotitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/11494145629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c152483e3f---66286449556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa1dd1b951---fixegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/851fe0c1c1dbaf296bd7d5a0043650bf/romiriwotuzejojugekulimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d9b90a86f---kojenek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be0789e9727---zufopifig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b78230f59---nanodonovezivotizezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlsferrosilicon.com/d/files/77616659401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea2a8d3fdc---xovofovojurerizakoxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4a8e4b832---xawatirowut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/kebudosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/rovipavesaromuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://com123.vn/uploads/file/lavomifitalegekipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/76477445138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=exploring+text+structures+answer+keyPDF 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_off00011868.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11868 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 34522f779d0b5c830152d4affd40e6d08b67b2c5b4e7809ec30e019dbb8e58dc
font_01_sfnt_off00013251.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13251 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014a63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A63 17144 bytes
SHA-256: d6024f32d0d540684fafdb32b889c09b6f3194ed8bf03dba850f30a16a4365e5