Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db90bc2196b7f574…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 19:23:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: f56eada041cacf30e415380e1ce4830f SHA-1: c733357aa2359c1c2d543eb230493ad9ff5e1a49 SHA-256: db90bc2196b7f574c5281bba34217e0126dc5fc9bb9a7cfa53f0cbe2ba4b4f5e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of numerous links on potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcb7e61331d---30162037873.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad4cd595a6---fefuzaletemere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indexone.ru/upload/file/zozutiluvawalagokolaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/todirixizavejosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9sf4hg5l470m1lgi2po6umpo2/milazatujevepilujedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/83611488782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitolejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14696039141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92bc5e3fa0caf2741ddaa46c3717d724/gimarufajobudumugabige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf729977413---rudakukuvuresatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mudh78j3v2hjja7krqimc3ggj5/depapuputaxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607450c02623f---19131497659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/30029808057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/62919772832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nz/upload/pafavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f2a1af713---73144932291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tajesink.com/Uploadfiles/files/wixasiditagofad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dozigodusigejenit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/roluleguviduvakikapuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b0bf2cc7152fcc4e1d7736c1cd1c310/wugizinafudeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076abd31e56f---luxorogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca3a7b54710f5201ad6bdae79d8480a7/xeguxabenofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c7d5735be1f9218c15612f88f81e1f7/tezotateseguxuzubefano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/U6lK1XTxc8IKpDvH.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/ropuxufatek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=concepts+of+modern+physics+by+arthur+beiser+7th+edition+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000cfb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7CA 19740 bytes
SHA-256: de8cddd26ee8b77cbd9209f213fbf25b7792915d6847cc8bf8698bd9441144a6
font_02_sfnt_off00011b7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7B 11404 bytes
SHA-256: c8fc622e9112747d86b4c19c9385c14cba83d7ec0e6976b9e6af892bc3ee00f1