Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d91c377a30f8984e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:19:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0a0f1e62320a4b6bb5cdf7d9c3044047 SHA-1: c23fbd02bf8355f1e3aab4d01bec4848922eeac8 SHA-256: d91c377a30f8984e25c602e79f629db4382e2e2fe5d6788d4644ef8ec2e71694
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This structure is characteristic of a link farm, often used to distribute phishing lures or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bfdf8bba3---8253316887.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cebj6kr7cc5k5e4jv3v1dvf9t8/24814433953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f77abc7747---motadufuvelelusixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongshengcable.com/images/upload/File/21996116887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84620790849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dptech.vn/uploads/files/65122147288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hotndn8ot1q52hh571l79s7pga/65094053246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2tfsd9gd4vjf67m8kc8d89kt9/fitobajugikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/26321195239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/11960642647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e486c99f6---jeninutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/pexabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12225684268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2e0ac953a5---rojizixokinupagisuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238dd07dc480f5718c782c452723fa01/tubakevekumofavovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hq387mjb8mdnvc8cfbu3gajvva/redifogesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/29736917481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a281db2d4---rekixufipituvizivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607248e5417de---82026820333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f28ed5dd38638cf92dc62608d00f175/zovomalurazonimusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855774b9d91---69521991663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ee3c46cffbec17c4376b5e23dc7d669/46227871592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/bekezadatanulumalako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c101dac7ffb9d40593d9e333508f7e71/57571621847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=rs+wiki+cooking+trainingPDF 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_off0000f1f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A0B 10452 bytes
SHA-256: cf4b3674243c2043ea046f820997112fa677b4eefe3349fd3104df893c08aa19
font_02_sfnt_off000121ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FF 17672 bytes
SHA-256: 1b2e4b08416b126f6098bb11e46bd8ab3b63285d6ae8dcd0ba8fcd35531751d9