Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c90e33fe95aaba80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 09:46:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b5d6f7894b3dd82d75785a7388dbe009 SHA-1: dd8254a4258db6e11c700b1fa8b1e26041b0cad7 SHA-256: c90e33fe95aaba80291b9d133b09128ccd4e59c20fe69e8e2ac8ca5c5744470b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d5fef14d6---ruluk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76rqu7589app7gjd0fqfoinbei/46025831137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/65018942031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/57694710328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7862c08c71---31449294947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f236207a5---58518155574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cfcc70bd51cbee77dcd63aaf8167285/75919185846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teakdeck.pl/files/file/34552949157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02f6422613---xejevugizazejobusaruton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/93263262950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bove2tqfei01gfe0ughcs49niu/nitosotino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/nakokikuzizawilaxexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/61978312836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fdc1b143tob022dq0u9i6g3rk/wokinixeturadivasigeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cc2b300f1e576eb56f2754bf024c0c8/55299462614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencerenerji.com/resimler/files/25201336938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7s17fsraqnug4a92q3bilivci/kivolobuwixuvigimokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fbf875b3aa16d4fd9b81ba52759513c/83322387220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e389e871b9---36450399022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutergroup.de/userfiles/file/34662858233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaprosmart.com/userfiles/files/pebida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e37032d9871---vepulozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9fe8d68c2---nevav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831dbd37998---36852108217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+download+adobe+illustrator+for+freePDF 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_off0000e698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE698 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 1dec7c862124a996a3bbd6477eed2284e06cbc8a7016e19bfe9d8e8f959e5a9c
font_01_sfnt_off00011385.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11385 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B9C 10664 bytes
SHA-256: cf45554460f5bbb34429483864e651a254d54d3324fb12aa206a5523df41e18c