Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b90b992c8e54af68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

133.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:01:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0d086f6650ed7cd9824e9a00cd944401 SHA-1: da4481b3e8b642c812039e4c13833f93ab5c26ca SHA-256: b90b992c8e54af68775362850e9c5b214febd9b9ebabc2e092af8e0d358858e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate a deliberate attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9716

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25c65a635a---52453952826.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a50a6eec40be4bff779316b489e8054c/94530704488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/kobowegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/68387806729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/nazipikiwewojumikonexizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4165726ca---89280067668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/zujaregawamaperi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbac6e78f9---34908832146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813f0042aac---21932488626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southfieldhigh1973.com/clients/2/27/27a5067865c8334ad4a5a1fd7642c928/File/46097900583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helpibr.org/clients/f/fe/feaff840d005acecac0f151e8679c8db/File/xipabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50343553252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/dilazidunuwanifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d7b1615ec---zelupexedukerewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/50568168962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcab13181df---jimom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/josexirarujibokesodigak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf80e4a190---vuroto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071aff811c36---57588804496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eac4h3mpk0dpdri9pc5a6thet1/sewawimejunuger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcgrathpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/36414863163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86676b638f---29114293897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c6b68f5c48e1c298ceeec63c664f870/98817976368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/49593600105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608186659a6c7---15817667129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+being+trolledPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00019696.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19696 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001aea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AEA3 3428 bytes
SHA-256: b36f7d3180d1f6788ee830e8c2be71bdb390825904a25b279dcfa23fe43a1acf
font_02_sfnt_off0001bc47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BC47 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 1c1b93f588fb0c6c82c90d40766ae33caea2d3f684245e1524a9178b9c93bd1c
font_03_sfnt_off0001d3fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D3FB 20272 bytes
SHA-256: 84bb928c76aece52c7dfff0a0b7da0995b4ed7402f1594b95b385a42d8d6f7d8