Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a93764ffa0589c3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 13:04:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 91167fdcd30ec907b311f41eb3713224 SHA-1: 991c17cbbb44a849c390f292db5e82d8ad3e64cb SHA-256: a93764ffa0589c3b50012242baa08780d6a652eef7c5b2d8dc1a495cd3135d06
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nail+shop+on+lancaster PDF link annotation
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d523a53c53---15735053842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/mixowonolebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b956cbbfa72---13659259563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c493afe3dd8---mowutonorekurafunifani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/sajosunaluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/31074674864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57295740663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d43d38997---34452808298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03ecd2011026b74c22d1452c8333508a/22280482611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/jetukutaxanowupuwapala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/314ec8eb32488efd999d30f87611656d/34975905453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd8fd5b92f8---37552591923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/basobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a5efecd79af411b0c96e280fdb4dc7/vabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/569dd4d2185ea630c454c6528410d3c3/lizixinilakodolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1988.com/clients/75739/File/96621911556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/jurakimabegebokamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67f055ca6e119103677fd88f38e3fd3f/77675071272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hojoairport.com/images/file/79777685512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/24702229130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//5454275948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f99608220b---fazar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/guragubabebugukovubipox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e44c1622236e9d8a6f387134b9ee545/19229035513.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_off0000d62b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD62B 10448 bytes
SHA-256: a5fc4673634ad7f4fa532136534190cf94060e8de5666a6c204de485d5e65136
font_01_sfnt_off0000edd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD2 16184 bytes
SHA-256: e7254382c6aeb51d316ecde1206e4103b0390b06c26bc9197c02888085960f91
font_02_sfnt_off000116f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1