Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d90fdaf601165eb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:22:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 80a875b5925adbba756e77a77c746f8a SHA-1: cbce6cb2d15be44750e0ff6abbfa43718848d436 SHA-256: d90fdaf601165eb751e4f4e4a1b24c4c32c515f38d8f76627f98b15b94297039
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The presence of a visual download button lure suggests an attempt to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://zzweien.com/d/files/zalam.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32314610697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca4fb5660df---zisolusososudiligefos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/lezizepulikararomulelavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/dodupugeremomafonute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventechsite.com/files/files/zirotuwokezinasekozes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2fc29d623---wirilomiteloferadetodufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaytravelandholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sarajizuwire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0a71b87c6---wivitifibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7fab5f21f---34736625476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/47724750449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b2f178acb---19118682012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valleypainclinic.org/userfiles/file/kelofunefasupovori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starinviter.com/ckimagefiles/dubofejunewufisukigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b1f6c8780---67174746358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyxedayhang.com/userfiles/files/58153328278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/62612251606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/756112670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d0684df7d---26345611331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76a41b3e2917c129fe01d09998512883/xuzifax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607885ec5cfa4---91963337747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607057626de0d---dibisotokubesibavafopexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodamebigoferug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasleh.net/Files/files/38070840211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/topefutuvorerutofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=ascites+and+anasarcaPDF 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_off0000d8aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8AA 18296 bytes
SHA-256: e8c4f9183f9caeee5cafe4bb6ae11a0d21448bc84008492f84f82a600fdbdf0c
font_01_sfnt_off00010842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10842 10180 bytes
SHA-256: 6cfedcff6d0713c04bd6c24acd7e705e558e9b0ac67fe3078bb71c72d2604304
font_02_sfnt_off00011f36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1