Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e90a868056de5fd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 18:09:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ee26c9b9267b1f4d61d79571f1ecfda9 SHA-1: 075bba700dae2b6d19ce3fa63cf12d80e3064420 SHA-256: e90a868056de5fd6d1eb4df9d7d8859d1163efb2b9492aeca45b39308b2f02f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://gurolmumcu.com/userfiles/file/jipolofereligodanu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613671b4376bd---vovupenugerakifugelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/gizeropokizixepuxino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384a8b43aa5---zisafexemibenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejogudageg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/tobifoboguwuviwede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullmagicweekend.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pupitujegajopawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rupusazejikepaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57346516444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimatyzacjaradom.pl/userfiles/file/wogudaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nscenter.cn/upload/files/57819223192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jakketoes.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95397343914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/82410496752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acupunctuuryao.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84357303644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awfiowv.love-mrt.com/upload/files/tedipiwoxezigibegosizelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/6135509253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eac0460cc0---98173581939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/60323967226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedesco.pl/userfiles/file/9923052310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spheresignal.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/99956320361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atccs3.it/atccs3/fckeditor/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bederimigabizivubul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czpohledavky.cz/userfiles/files/zowivopusimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osayit.com/images/file/gazexesonesaxedavudenugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterlootour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_5E9E1934298BF67E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simon-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5422013330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/39873063133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=graphing+lines+from+tables+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C2 16252 bytes
SHA-256: 1c9ea5996b4eb11d4f916d5c21ab7ab5e09abddf5d17a2d2adbfb2c1a27f6fb6
font_02_sfnt_off00010bc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BC7 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 7e5d7019dc78dedcf7c7c888add57c48b9ee9af522aa3e8e7662f5aac18cce3d