Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a890cd4a8acd511c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:11:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fb71e9258d179965544ea30787b14891 SHA-1: 0f9f7eeb1089af89c9d1ce08b3deb438ce2a4158 SHA-256: a890cd4a8acd511c0b1f92d3719e3b4a91a106204499567524942d1e13b8db88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meditation+books+in+marathi+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/26837476949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludizowonebogopebifuduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/memelojeripalevuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/tivuvesasajariramewilimuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5ba1339c8---70477012558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c4bcf2827---pebuwilaxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de5261c5812298144e4bd3edbdf17e0c/nunupagapagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5b643ea129---80856815204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/24005561240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokewaveanaheim.com/uploads/files/gewimibowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/revigotamorumep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjct1ba89pof67a9uk72745ra6/79784113188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/18037133469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canevinclassof70.com/clients/6/6b/6b8b8ee0d314e59372afbcb75100d768/File/90705194705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents//files/12813105586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/losupavasife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a306b744d8---sumuworanep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/44427165588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/5211633838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/vavobuxorivojerekadoluzis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microcement.ua/userfiles/file/nuzora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njxinbell.com/upload/files/kurewixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afaef84e75d---24658695480.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_off0000c22b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC22B 19196 bytes
SHA-256: 9889d139578e8c0a1edc36affd670811ac5f844986c9d88ff2d23c97bd035875
font_01_sfnt_off0000f409.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF409 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 18a048e5bd811886a41fc39048c65bd0be5370c21a61cefcf5c774179d1cf6d0
font_02_sfnt_off00010cfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1