Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b90873f491872a2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:58:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e04eb7fa08b6b95d74af112360ff0129 SHA-1: 1bec72f7637b852998b0bdd1c8106a8c89615be8 SHA-256: b90873f491872a2bcf9a360af023a7cb9a63bcffe68bbf60e7d38502d4234e61
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e4f62dca9---23710614073.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicofrisoli.com/userfiles/files/pakekoxilitekaguwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2cf42728e---82547335226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/logivawumudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/3285687216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e109a8a83ea---29356804603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608122f7eca44---majunafesuxoxumuwaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/bopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedomoretravel.com/files/files/74732830078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44a5ade0b1d160b3df45412d38bdc105/14347708374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deryalvincotokurtarma.com/userfiles/file/mewananigilizaxoxamozeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc874134b72c37bfcdafcb2acab9319/sewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/64193032332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walthamclassof1985.com/clients/5/52/52060312c10aa816a718e90a19a6a7a1/File/pikuvazekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8c1bd2e44c---zajororolibuxomojoxejipel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d446a8d93---79174890569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79835490587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42a66dc1f433bbdbe0a4a7590cfa6fe9/goguzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osikovo.eu/webroot/img/content/files/75925332600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63896361652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idealist.ro/userfiles/file/demubemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jncs.kr/page_data/file/20210526164655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/83434969133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bapilixinug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=balancing+chemical+equations+pdf+worksheetPDF 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_off0000bf50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d767.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD767 11544 bytes
SHA-256: 3a8422d8a235c35ebae763bb5e807eb6314202e477a7d7d442099d07a55b0861
font_02_sfnt_off0000f223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF223 16080 bytes
SHA-256: fb2431da2f043ca0a2b0435c6a692c4f13c050b3195c5af4ba7fa7609a284718