Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a90ed01f56d8f7b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 21:38:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f1c248f77480a2232c095af4124ef960 SHA-1: 482b208dec0aebb8cf0b0ce6a8b2eabe544018da SHA-256: a90ed01f56d8f7b1db9151fbce3b359e1b5aa353a48177201cc47140ab1f9052
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+will+not+update+android PDF link annotation
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8581645f3---niminifobojobesejulimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me/files/jivolir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/dixumagotipitubaxekejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctcitsupport.com/media/files/felerowonivefifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/57722904492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legend-chang.com/UserFiles/files/zemolejejuguwavas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/sopirifakevaziwodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclearusa.com/images/file/77055265231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkmate.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_54A776A06ED50533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodugnani.it/userfiles/files/68308088513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents/files/zajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4b7e91e190cfb03c5654abfd3ee49a8/jamoginalorode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300cd91d61c---97549283435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polaria.cz/images/file/88154288518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dujoridukajiwelavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudowefexetanoxalavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsaltsj.com/uploads/files/6398582489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/66280678855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enjoyvaltellina.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84547708997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auditorescr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zujafuwiluvugarira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/kitiwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b5bd132ff---siwumibutetapufemilaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/zukebobalizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokshadhamnepal.org/userfiles/files/63977399432.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_off0000f45c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45C 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 82cb08348c91173c0b9565286ec187a1ff915d855024aeb1cc85f0843e231059
font_01_sfnt_off00010cc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC1 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 5631b6630ba07cce0d560d58dab005845ae1378425bf24342b1da5d15e90ec46
font_02_sfnt_off0001396f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1396F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1