Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 189cdae51aefd67b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:35:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7dd6e5b7dd7fb003330a6a2acd2fdf70 SHA-1: 0284ec4a3ed4db7a5e59dfd96dca7fc84f3d0305 SHA-256: 189cdae51aefd67beb4f31a803a2617fba1180d52f8e21ed0b3d60405d8d0e31
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest the primary function is to redirect users to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6998cd664---xofikimubizirem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/2021630214437933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cf89c8814---maretipenuwave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/93000624338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/vanebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6usi0478o91n0v8dobn6fodoio/78337305038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d64c6058638---84266612187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/gorikego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/27557683238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirlambinowice.pl/img/upload/files/88298097000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbis.pl/files/file/ritutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96d2fb53d0e35a98abc1fed7b3be7e27/57053429749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883bb5bd9fe---mugilokavafunilime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c960f7da11e52c0fae98a4c0bf4b4fb5/vezopowigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089539c57841---xirizixuwibisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d2a60faef---wepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/dijuxaxazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a367394e91e---59125277845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/xigobabilaviwuvefawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1841ab67b---44226573429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775100ca3a3---gotivigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e2ca679ca---dejegufobodasunap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704998a8a6c---81010746760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef9c7c0e897f3303c0b75cd0728cb399/kuxopitonaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9d762a3f7---naxuvuxajebetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=macleod+and+mccartyPDF 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_off0000e4f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD07 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 9ff311ea523c25d60549b2bf862f5c10e96b3de9ffb871eb9a04a9fd8713fdd9
font_02_sfnt_off0001147e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1147E 17052 bytes
SHA-256: 59891bb185666078f5a66e1578ce3308d20e5d87efb8f3a97e8fbd31f2a15b2e