Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 089c726f5905be50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-23 15:42:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 2a6710c808036784caa8b958b2c2e214 SHA-1: 08061f481221189e92bae327a84f517c629f9af9 SHA-256: 089c726f5905be502193f95459e2570af0920f431c9ace4c0ea45a88495da5be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/xanulemutisiweket.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/jiponijanepopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1612381efe61ed8a08c0eab5f45731dd/pexidim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dighakanchaninternational.com/FCKeditor/file/6305397976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916e1ae40c1---23203578461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/pezelibabop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/kerawafasun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/zawutike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/monadavepabuguzuziwoliguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075adc71f92a---6284638068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/povezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/56398215775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44d0449ad7---98916260886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac66c0126e4---litisurujorozoliranev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/gexameledokivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6680c60ae42e1d013e141454d561735e/3738253108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982ad9d3a25---waginebisiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607659fcd0b95---92216672230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/77044680357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ca3f7cecf---kikojena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7665353517f4d3a8b337fb9292082d1/79210921196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdd8qpm87m3k6g24ff67pb058j/17077094122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795085a60c6---87239234925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-tuong.com/media/ckfinder/files/delusebekegiterune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49993d7076---bunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+do+a+back+handspring+beginnersPDF 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_off0000f98c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF98C 16684 bytes
SHA-256: 1146699124b89978073e67f9bd2170c28a6a563412cf2c3ca1d67d8b77e1abdd
font_01_sfnt_off000124f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124F1 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 96fbf114d1d003b633f72be3b821817186688b394e24ede4616dfb735b297b90
font_02_sfnt_off00013e3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1