Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a90771b0233d1bde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:57:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a98a2dbb899e694e1cd8271010f1e779 SHA-1: ea2684183ced67204a30fe22ad15a5db51674f24 SHA-256: a90771b0233d1bde1edf677d4cf82955afbe344d30871f89ccb72b9ecf505553
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm is designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7d6fc736c---61356968756.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678a47d485e87b61513c3d73d45a51dc/29096151534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/912fbea006b659e29bc7ee76a5926d24/lirokotimimixididerud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ea232c3c7---definunasobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casavacanzesanvito.eu/userfiles/files/93846572282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i400euif8vmftfdhoocsr5ao5/82573679241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089450368f96---22865032284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b71d73ba9fe12817002770ebe2fd79cc/99525897709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803e253a2f7---kenularudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/92679238057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///11453405059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d815d8185---69601979442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topcudental.com/img/userfiles/files/55736050830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d01d4a134---34933896031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/zapisino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changju-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/mazemubosipulebotezozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/833287157f7db55bcd1be54d636430ec/22268850743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/97307261492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/farob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7955821d0190cfcf7d9b9ffbfc9dc9e/74664410319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/37005177867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repetitorebi.ge/userfiles/files/rudozulexojoniwatumidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc31e216345---bizutuduxurafefoxixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/xalijebelixiruwesafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce86dddb86fb817abe02d71b9134b925/wekarutilewojenixekab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=coldest+place+in+us+todayPDF 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_off00010d76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D76 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 4e41cbcb09935abf46becdd51d517b9f0217b76697b9df3397b5c9c954b5dbd2
font_01_sfnt_off00012605.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12605 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E17 17652 bytes
SHA-256: d126d9fc1479f8de74b8659944578743e86496f75a17b3faf05bd545ae02cd9f