Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b90332496e8a0ebc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:47:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 5feb81d673a37d12aca20b19be38afbb SHA-1: 3b23ad9ee93c53bad3d41180937fb2afe4deff21 SHA-256: b90332496e8a0ebcd074164b42a0ba39d35155bf409cc8acc5df8fbb67249560
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=initial+consonant+blends+worksheet+2nd+grade PDF link annotation
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/wonowanofenewebuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/62697162873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b966b70729---36651179597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/33553762392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/46470697230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecb3c223fc---pezupalufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/tatajewididukuvonasakupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volnynaklad.cz/data/file/91666335408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a94bd52ecf---1167571737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efe45686d7e33e55874fa3b25699ec9d/7588509103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rainbowfurnitures.com/files/files/latexawetojagudifonixili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/riubq96jo7uqv4jlvj9r6pupb4/kutenutizufevikuvokenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bagstyle.uz/images/file/jaguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazuma.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wisezezarugejikupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25834358373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/82382301691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/tuweji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motolargo.pl/userfiles/file/bavinovirasuxajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/50179434995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/72129232045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed7769dff40f44fbb95a8530e8031ef/80549867497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poliinc.com/upload/files/kapagomema.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_off0000bfac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFAC 16404 bytes
SHA-256: 32c7906f7b9a0e794ee2a44e618fd2ce3e6504e6d71fec88098a3e8b809e0451
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C2 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 2e2c43f9c76a74dbed761fec954274dff64b1e3bc831d7f8224b6315c6c4c526
font_02_sfnt_off00010355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10355 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1