Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 189b49d93ed53814…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 06:28:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b1f9065b6dfb6cefd17df049fdc2cf99 SHA-1: 869c72cbb9ca8e59c997a2587fabc1f1834005f6 SHA-256: 189b49d93ed53814a62710478c0f116fb14925db007b30e20d2f54bd19c4f978
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for SEO poisoning or phishing. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into downloading potentially harmful files. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+fire+apk+data+download PDF link annotation
    • https://nistd.in/userfiles/file/14078282370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f99b5b2ed2678bbbc1986b6150cfc025/gativetewatilunuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/mokezilodifugedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i82bpl7qqdvrn5t3g6287r8hn2/sobojokalud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cn63l1rnjbtthkb8dk2h3a1543/kizozudiliwuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/32761645800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/41351533143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/zikudibiwimalisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744b73897d4---sadukagivotevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d46b13d410---88418581761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/jisekizemiferowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0e4125906---riluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/4790835476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba5b01a46ca628ef33f19f61c662c79b/metezemomutovumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae8c71c02dd---bavudavafeken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7669da06d---rajevosagev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa9fa18ed52c71ae740e191894509d6a/80645262705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp1bqikcd0ijvbpgvqa1o9ro45/fivoxomagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioprogettoarchitettura.eu/userfiles/files/kamovopevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willbramephotography.com/35624651555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa7149a98a8d0326fa5ba82ba893ca6/lasonojizexepojepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4l0nkrr81gpk7ubra83a84ugi7/45546174661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ec953f4956d0416c26d40e7ae8d1d43/88991059873.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_off0000e55f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE55F 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 804be2c17b86ae6127221dc1a81c5ef330d04cbb8153e4bd71b1205179d90582
font_01_sfnt_off00011338.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11338 10480 bytes
SHA-256: b21b5830c45ccbea1f274f79dab6ced6875208c27542eb36f0904e4fdf0a22cd
font_02_sfnt_off00012b29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1