Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0910d1aada1f5b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:16:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5a3096909eb7e3a846e95c4b83f599ab SHA-1: 9139b7a93df5dd45fbea252eda248bb4b1a79858 SHA-256: b0910d1aada1f5b900d9d4a2e6c992281619bbace3f1f04a91d580025a8eba78
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file, likely used as a phishing or redirection lure.

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 http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/rurivudurim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/xazesozekoguvilomubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.net/contents//files/30340874449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/gatepuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7810e98df5da4e68e3cc8c3237369449/32046912018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/ruzuxalujakiperarorabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/rufoxofuloretukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/binotazidufusubetetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5ba6528e7---tegagorovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qja4p1a5jpete6dat2ir6bkh1r/29199613204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a81668bfa2b2f553cef6faaf5ad05ade/porijusinesikamelexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609baab94a35e---21324401998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mivuwukugufivoxukozafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210511125721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c50d52401---todinedojojopuvatiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0210257390e873d06f6fca5b0827975f/67563095000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovofaxatizoboxopujovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a297c13912f---77101143534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b569b71bc---60556487724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fl-forever.com/upfiles/editor/files/8204055700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sqc.jp/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/tixisikodisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610384a1079f2---33327694419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/56819381542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd6163675627baa4bf16bd87952831e3/gigetusazokukepopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio-obst-und-gemuese.de/userfiles/file/59109700653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=shallow+nuty+pianino+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_off0000e08f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE08F 18052 bytes
SHA-256: f58c2c93a372b93b6a8b7258279dfa3e6af2ac688a2818f01976454c202e183f
font_01_sfnt_off00011094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11094 10572 bytes
SHA-256: eb0cd2b969f751ae7bca5a62f0b917c43f3461876a0f0d94f51faa2989642d08
font_02_sfnt_off000128b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1