Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c90cb5fc26613a50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 05:07:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 15c787c28159275ebb69d50edaa8ce72 SHA-1: 61a20fb4d76764e3ba4c0da8a67dd1b8ccef2dbd SHA-256: c90cb5fc26613a5088066f3dff8a91b237bb15f3718a89018770cace1eccb2e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript 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 and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 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=ap+biology+lab+report+examples PDF link annotation
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0ddaa8dd1---tivebegefarivalimin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/048690dc8cc33941b02be93a37073e55/94701081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av72-reklama.ru/userfiles/file/1628397158f344b0010f53909b961d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6795ce3ec---tanokogagatetanotuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2gk25nqpod27l6lns7ktgf2u7/2820498003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aal.tw/uploads/htmlupload/files/53740704621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childconcern.in/trila/userfiles/file/4702151311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/17546971678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/91648779395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotokeramika.bg/userfiles/file/36042976745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210628050125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/20649188459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/fafojafojekipulufexota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/23784359552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc23c10199---matejemamegawupob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/79849949187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/gewuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6f852ee82e---jozirupagazebajiloxakuboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/mutaretivigabodoxoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/jugetomuxekilevewodekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36940144652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab4f2ae291---62725475023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/07/files/210705141218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15912a28699910835dac3a2576c543cc/70463213513.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D8 17864 bytes
SHA-256: e4080e3bf34b19e950c697672e0b110253b2bb4c2c809cbdfe1060e6a0d440d8
font_01_sfnt_off000122bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ad2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AD2 10828 bytes
SHA-256: d5b8425e5309f0bcd37542284d4ca10f849b60f7dbed387fde6967b7bf1a7b1a
font_03_sfnt_off000153a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153A9 16336 bytes
SHA-256: 0ba07f6d54a4cb2ae74247f97c6a926e6d6308299df35fe3bea2e399aa3885da