Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a91129d03755ef28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:48:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4979488afa7dee3f1bb5eda59469bedd SHA-1: d5c482fbe77cd92331b83fa8a97ac7f459f08314 SHA-256: a91129d03755ef28b102688cc619192237ab0bc4be5ba537275a40d8df30fdfc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript further indicates potential for malicious execution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aqualung+calypso+regulator+service+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b8c4bc69a---35545430589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vufitovufigajiregivenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/95155315852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a75a736430---sixibijujeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/151519165839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/336b31306ca9723e811e63f12199dabf/99130327362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7ac29527fe3c35e7d5a77426707be6f/26253753610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/fodopodefezilegewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cam-ceeds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saruxisejewumererozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6a180f570---jodadavozurilazebigisijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/30923219776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11230094144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4694a8a623---16516304781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/wagodugogajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/57364950031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3d9d938ae---65776637445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/091834256714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mevofeseseka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e83067fa746c5ec04d44f580883ed3/joriremozewujazafikukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/61935979555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/belupobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da2493fb36---meparefakebijobafurugudiv.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_off0000d99b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99B 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 69d55ef232f35f1fe714e3d1d979cdce59ea230e3272a9219670e0a8c70e765a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f34f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34F 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 188c4fc7204e3497f3545bc510e026107e934b778d757e48e49ac88d7baa0906
font_02_sfnt_off00012260.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12260 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1