Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe90ed41da17076a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 20:57:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2b676ce4c4d5addf009a6682a99478a4 SHA-1: 83d516b61e7f22b6185b0dc7788da6f0e2199435 SHA-256: fe90ed41da17076af9c9b00d0f5678db482c9fefd33e3ab0bd5091e81d3838bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous disposable domains and compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics indicates a deliberate effort to create a deceptive structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://355353.ru/userfiles/file/69196516839.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/dufibawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/26146074399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/38473922215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e5n8575m59hqvuf93duj0cbk3/dibelezimapolesusowudugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/85402251849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/66260964215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinching.com/uploadpic/files/202109180625342571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trlgpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/buzunujeruvadirolobukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/fimojazen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85135495564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acelybio.com/upload/files/kovuzowovupijake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161479b55b3e47---95970140624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/gimewidamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340933cda5a---16933777819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadutilekuxixuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifebeachvilla.com/uploads/image/files/voxerefurevedutugofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanmuabandoanhnghiep.org/images/content/files/garexifaxilolojobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiytedaibao.com/media/files/22518561836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.com/userfiles/files/tipigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e1595f536---zumuvamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+tcg+card+makerPDF 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_off00013988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13988 21400 bytes
SHA-256: f6e4f8f2df106d36efd383099d4a59799663414139ef61de922c3a3d6dc611e8
font_01_sfnt_off000171fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171FC 10500 bytes
SHA-256: d14a5e02a7549c01dd44472e68fda858260363f6457fd49e3905022edc00b474
font_02_sfnt_off000189b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x189B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1