Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0890542d2d2eddc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:01:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 7507962b00be02c3b1d72fbf07316afa SHA-1: f8c1e04e77a5754fecd7e9560c2935552b43ac8c SHA-256: e0890542d2d2eddc3aad4e0df78c379f15fd0867aaa59b2d68ce4cb2a13c6a3b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting sites, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content, likely through embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://skisun.it/userfiles/files/ziledomura.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://svb-volleyball.de/userfiles/file/rinelati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b918baa3db4---38413990622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121037a3c69b---60001690409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uat0uqi22gj2g7k1daslecbb18/kotoveleriwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czytamzezrozumieniem.pl/userfiles/file/26093326459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91611453392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abd98ca0716f8670c46b47408075fdec/xadisapagefev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/37266521533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba2f3854cce---26641687868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bb4c0373f83ca75887c6a87e416f080/robetigupidami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/kizutubonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/pitolujuvuviradabuzenopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/kisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartwealthhk.com/userfiles/sarulobiwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796c3206494---dijagesenefejolipolavozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3va171kbpeng5nbstc1lff95m2/8809878304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/28120597786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c6001a5e6---fabelawozano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/segix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalitas.es/userfiles/file/tibasoxevapuwufurimafowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/lumuxilawaxuxikizurowinap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agencement-menuiserie-var.fr/stockages/files/96203387368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5b663f333---57646639233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=making+it+up+as+i+go+along+marian+keyes+pdfPDF 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_off0000d999.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD999 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 6c0de490cb5f13eae76fc68af7987e79b7c854e47f0a2b487029a108c540cf12
font_01_sfnt_off0000f368.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF368 18268 bytes
SHA-256: 81f9a78293f81b699a57809f00d89322c250f3d02231e3a947082c3109de834f
font_02_sfnt_off000122dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1