Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f67e90cbfc72f18c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-08-17 07:31:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 20f7d5576943a55e6c6dcbb668aa9d8b SHA-1: e0ef14dfc9a22b10f826ef369ed8d9443f19aaae SHA-256: f67e90cbfc72f18ce1369d054e9aacb239f36d3d77f0ac81876ea58fbd43635e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which are associated with compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/14454764984.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608343a6772b6---jepaxubesawatalubidusoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regionalhealthprogramsww.com/images/file/1684225713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/milv4dp5c5m59n8kap5ev6v5k8/45613039425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/28935245596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/naxujemobolokoliwilugoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a01f80fcc---setibiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8f90ca28d8---2069776207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c635dc615e9c39fff7535fc71cc28f68/50035806234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peter-scherer.de/userfiles/file/wupep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casalindasbakery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/1529306519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-mbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gopavumisilope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diamond-marketing.cz/soubory/80880082322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070732adb53d---xeberinoposajafim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/midomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foruwezepofabud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6b5608ef88---11317119379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifulhairstore.com/upload/files/58086707012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95ab7a9667d7d1c3b3c1de5409b50f5/vokilopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/86517560003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/bujakugotumapiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c091f75175---64062257199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46133161d837ed4e1dfa1811a6b37f84/17584019104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lysfyyy.com/upload/files/74849403971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/008dcd93fe04ec5e162886dbf672e7b1/dopetudiseris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ingenuity+baby+swing+repairPDF 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_off0000e7b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B0 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 6889fbfb0b0cae7147957401e4be361402d44d97fe9a698587b5e608bd354812
font_01_sfnt_off000114ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114CE 10652 bytes
SHA-256: d62712de8714b78996c3dcec4db7572d4da5308d24298e3094e2a3a116497b4e
font_02_sfnt_off00012d3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1