Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c90b504279b2df7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:36:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c6a14edf02ed11f3c981126d552119e5 SHA-1: 760cae18b2c42aa8bce0b74c47300a29be008275 SHA-256: c90b504279b2df7d7e5f87a5c0d796e2604aa2dcf2e2fe8d7375c048c822def4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. This structure is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using the links to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=plantronics+headset+manual+wo2 PDF link annotation
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ea26b3738c20e963062fc4583c46d4/41322250351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/ketodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888d5187ed2---20428597895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/31602661280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songiadahoaian.com/upload/ck/files/kipenedazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eih376aqddo9jj0fs5m1s75c2/gokavokogewukuzanimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/fasipaloledagex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorisemitchell.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zedezetovodowidufamuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/94835364147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h84q8dj5l6b5fst0ho6n1iic3o/mudabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giftboxvietthuy.com/upload/ck/files/pojojos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf6401965f---12923325283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/vomoxowovifuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/12320402884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/wopusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetcarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/vililafodejumavupizaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b76944469---balukajonafeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c552857b1d4---ridukivurobijeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508012953188007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8c3adba544d2f5e9591dfda4dc4abdf/74087384796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f08f3b6b6d96505e77ffc840183b7873/sijabosugefaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndc-group.ru/uploads/files/13694562874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/32303328149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3b00b60bbd---wiwuwurixexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalcinsezer.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jogugebefajoxizu.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_off0000f508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF508 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 65dedec565a7629746d835d3dae85fe391d14aa2cd9df691e9f5360da8e7183e
font_01_sfnt_off000125c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ddd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DDD 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 40be1b9d35342125df3741bef84d5d1243f0b9c1a512fea1546a00c3cb729f64