Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 189e28652559bdb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:44:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0f7454bf8a971cae80aed1171dbf4e4e SHA-1: 42d3236fa2139c49b1071035fe87111d6495cbe6 SHA-256: 189e28652559bdb47716c8b28b1b7deff86c7eff745dffe6a1d5a6676ec47cb9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://amgaa.org/temp/files/visobomobuwidaba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/95427297776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/fadaxuborolakego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/xuwepovosososilevejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iuoshili.com/upload/users/files/54723672228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivebistro.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71014152645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/wezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706f14ce678---8827062593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbffe5ecaa4---jodipalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/velepokeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografiafrancescosomma.com/userfiles/files/tuduginukonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/kapepajakovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/putinaxatafusazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vongtaytramhuong.vn/upload/files/80823529200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076004cae98f---zotasaginalifurufalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f3f92a85bfbde1f1b4fbc3b8228253/sasevojisupofuzupawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cebrigantina.com/025-CEB/images-editor/file/87698099759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/kubulodazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e53af5aaf3---94189616331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/jaduxodokudisomexebel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/83135824547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6skdh4nn45p8rip6h8gbsjb58g/92890295382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/073749220838e1126d19b5d07a168e66/dopulalovusutesetejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608975a002159---xulogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=synonyms+worksheet+for+grade+3PDF 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_off0000b4cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4CF 11200 bytes
SHA-256: cc5557a78593a1178e95a50172bc023dc906459f84e9af8cd84b88be99473247
font_01_sfnt_off0000cec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEC5 14376 bytes
SHA-256: 49014329811127e28ccf47c0eae8748af706ebb02438b71bcaa4f5e40a7d83e8
font_02_sfnt_off0000f285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF285 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1