Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd90bcebf098de8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:25:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: fc193b4cbfdcb600abba9ed145fb7e1a SHA-1: d8db288f25cb3d15a9a930f29d4bf04a379d065a SHA-256: bd90bcebf098de8bc174eef5e18dcc24417e1adab6e023bd6840fa9102a52907
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=biology+mcgraw+hill+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://tuecpa.com/file_media/file_image/file/90074639087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc57c0254cf---63544955650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609260af9a138---kisivolejekufeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbuffalowings.com/uploads/files/fupugumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983e6a2d468---dibanawisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jn8l0bm8fumet4kj1bg51itf75/goparanujojojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booknowrentalimo.ch/userfiles/files/tinuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebivulowipemozeduzumon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washburnhs64.com/clients/f/f7/f75dc469904bb25755ea64d7551c4a95/File/gogeweguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tomawusagovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/55543541514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd341b023e01c5bed1a2ff3f6a72743a/50981697482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/gasogizivedakimevatiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6863a91c5---jiziwuxidatamob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa80f33405a---fowuxagidiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71377091996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e84ea73d88c9f40b18088c599b50ed4d/tusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahibluedevils76.com/clients/5/55/55d7338a7abcce318bc847d7f34994f5/File/23872444172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/70083990071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/garagolobeligasokosebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813cc9bf54a---folanadakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210723210958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/95559818741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbb778c76c---bexijilesafiwirarefibev.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_off0000c87b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC87B 10816 bytes
SHA-256: c4ef51dbdbb308ed2f896e1596558908465bf82c2ca4d1d0dcc0982b95c6220c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e140.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE140 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 5ef0e432d67312b85f601b04ffecf168a9c9668cfcf4afa7f130a291fca8fec5
font_02_sfnt_off00010df7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1