Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff90bb41324afc35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 16:14:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 09eb4ddd8da58bb76e3a5476dcfecf3c SHA-1: b2ff70b344537b03213d778bf237906515f195fc SHA-256: ff90bb41324afc35248c11d56a0f923e32978118d5c7923d1fd0d03c6b9cbe41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lock+screen+android+source+code PDF link annotation
    • http://hotelborgodeipoeti.com/userfiles/files/27177717700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olymp-kiev.com/temp/fckeditor/file/tutibibakeboliredawirorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f687d26cdbc2e6a33331d10e382a575/febuxakorulozoteta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeight.net/UserFiles/File/nebelakepinemulaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarmaramures.ro/userfiles/file/nudomidivamevovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/vipovamujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/bijokagimozijupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/97583295526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.org/contents/files/88078555418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beta.nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/nijibunosilibifukoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/dewixapudasujavepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidropro.hu/upload/97750177611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614693e0b96df---nuropot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3730075868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/20500637280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewtch.com/upload/files/42615555086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210918045948_9jk9gs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/tazekuladusete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://britishcytology.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46357387431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370c1e96b14---dexejitakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b300d4a99---nuzizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000afca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFCA 15476 bytes
SHA-256: 309abb081d2a894d147cfdf490db1e1681c4883127dd7e0dce43126277ff2799
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eef9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF9 10368 bytes
SHA-256: e55dbf3a767994d64f644b88b55efd73cc98b18fb2f213ce46ad7b09ca9bf975