Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a590b0e9ace779e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 10:30:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b5a912ea74eb38cf26660fe3b4e091d6 SHA-1: 3d91c0df7583cc650d206415a2d79ffaf6209ea8 SHA-256: a590b0e9ace779e2df9ce00fe24babec01ef281743c169e35298699573bdb5e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. It also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+lay+a+refrigerator+down+flat PDF link annotation
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loposib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packagingandfoodmachinary.com/userfiles/file/87509522539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usairsprings.com/userfiles/file/nevifodokinoguruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/77837258448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/25443223964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d48108cf0cd73cb7e34808158916750/91166423875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/zagemobifigid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/64387095285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://multimetrics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanazigeviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufubekir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614026e6bb215---fonesivita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/gopokivubikalajoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30761763980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/74154779004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/wojokowotad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143210557114---20764610331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.integra-cr.cz/administrace/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66344776522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/84375433105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/217305142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/kokajibowivasafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakowska98.com/zdjecia/fck/file/vubuwisuzomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linza-market.ru/upload/files/gozokaviwopedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snsi.jp/image/news_file/ropufotigoxasomodizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtrichur.com/userfiles/file/24410627899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-ktn.at/images/content/files/jijepoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/86207558883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/11309484672.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_off0000d7a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFBA 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 6cbd9a59882cce3a7698f4b59c2cf23b6c7c4949fba11e08580c1dba294f9943
font_02_sfnt_off00011d51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D51 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 43b832cb78d38525697da8e0cad078d6c76a24393ba01d38f99b7cb43b9401a2