Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a90094dd2484a01e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:33:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a1f63a2bbe179fd3c2e3e696ad0c3aab SHA-1: 1c6ea44e0939e047c947dcfd96d619b84498eaf3 SHA-256: a90094dd2484a01ebb730d6d63dd252d7c3acc7844ccbfc8b14faa05324921b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript and external links suggest an attempt to download further malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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 http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210913205740889506485cay.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/57754093862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachnguyenvancu.com/Images_upload/files/35352348817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/15064068751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/38790245378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrejaja.com/Upload/file/vewewozimemugewuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekineconcept.com/userfiles/file/61518282924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaemsp.org/upload/editor/file/natulikixumujisod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambcavallon.eu/userfiles/files/63392926128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140664a571b6---67622091060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161404e85a07df---saxefulumesasuvaduzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repetitorebi.ge/userfiles/files/kupakogejur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hausman.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/4017083457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maradonasalud.com.ar/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guluzagararamunotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/juwofeloletexuxinexomulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teater77.nl/userfiles/file/nimakuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamax-motor.cz/data/dokumenty/biwotidepomakuxafeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f5dff79c47---fezasezanakudubejidepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/fexuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/10986839471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olguanaokulu.com/upload/file/58057425265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interference.ajoda.eu/userfiles/files/renonubetivipojojona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/potiwibedevumarizif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/pigazubemejenonuzotapajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novitas.ro/files/wojavuvizoruzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmoxx.mn/userfiles/files/paviresumemikopusozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/19776327142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=empty+score+sheet+pdfPDF 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_off0000cb91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A3 17528 bytes
SHA-256: f55726509099ad2ffc970f847f3a9c81dea64373a80094203ddf59c2f6f61971
font_02_sfnt_off000110cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CB 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 2728ef91fb32ebbd00a981320c57ac049d9af4965684c42d8b022d449241a989