Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d90c3205551ad400…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 17:41:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8bc52e4cc2dc919458a06fb624bd3d57 SHA-1: 7561ba89069131c34f4c5845e6773219bf764905 SHA-256: d90c3205551ad40057848e9d78f8ecd8dc2f5c0abe90968cdaf6ff07ac6ffd78
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous unknown URLs further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02i9bnhle0psol68up8m29335b/bokokaribi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://roomart.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujupubotixidozuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57702d546c44fdea4a35b7dc249e784/84601216779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a1cdd6575---xigizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/73974902749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/496983fc33b01d65ffbf3ca17820767d/15933418006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7f7024678---18061233947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ipsb3hcrhlub82bmo9ce1tb6/55266918432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/zagapojowebotozuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/25620457246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/zadezileke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8750f4e15b6818b8ae7ad314b8f93cd9/gifavivajarurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84c808c6bf2c0302f9239cef3e988e2a/11397557425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moto-bike.pl/userfiles/file/xutunijojawudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/16004014108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/16313858768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b9f5687c6cf475fdcbb589e8750f71a/wesidofasezekurazubibanik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860fb166aab---8280859580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7d5c3cd94---12911604098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50d8428d7a667ff1a53cb5385ec7211f/57476793377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/89613309934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizcsap.hu/files/file/xomotozogosusokinojevese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=dtv+manual+tuningPDF 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_off0000fb8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000113a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A4 10100 bytes
SHA-256: 0d6bf550cc006ff17c7841ba4de37b4d4fa9f05b0afbcbd38dbdde053c784b98
font_02_sfnt_off00012a14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A14 16344 bytes
SHA-256: 5cd8a120e106fc2d4fc1855603a636a3ce922decfb1b4d98f17a4a5450337c58
font_03_sfnt_off00014009.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14009 17668 bytes
SHA-256: f4f96ea08e9d3f02b88f1a92cb4a2667687bdfe6baba7d923c30e9c94fa72a36