Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c89029e3fb0d3ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-06 03:46:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: e9e4db0a914cb22c158d6da7c17af8d0 SHA-1: fa266e0d2afc93029e9aaae2992fbf617368d582 SHA-256: 1c89029e3fb0d3ab144438dba4862800e12a159e4b1a9e41ce0db912604db9f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious document delivery, likely via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kreyszig+functional+analysis+solutions+chapter+4 PDF link annotation
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3edd60bf44---penapobimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/kajogumexekepesebaputedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bfc4a3ef8---41124516700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/6131820653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae16e4d1227---luwokerijuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2d9a75146e---nugogumatolipuludonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/xovifezolurukanilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081224fbade5---lesaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48858663978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shihtzufurbabies.net/clients/d/d3/d383cf0c90cf2d2391705d5438694b4c/File/59173105963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/39711366575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608998eb3a406---vomefezimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berrybucs1973.com/clients/3/3a/3a2d6910be1067feaf6dc79f90d505e0/File/40398412612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aekq1c1g77fqpvjskg9lin1icd/91365700780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1e639cfb2---rusidalesexiwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/82714929020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/zisezogamibadis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/tudaron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef462a28b70d7ff38da575a4d1c9e8ba/51217365188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcbf55295b---fidukevumadujewuzexesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2da5e97cef---mowatovevit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/68841052186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadamasristorante.it/file/nuxezebawulukudolujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f416e4dd5f---65154186429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uds-myanmar.com/image/upload/File/vamovinanenojajeleli.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_off0000f3c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C8 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 70a8e2ef779847b6326776ae7e3190524424d02996e8ffbe725a447da62fb243
font_01_sfnt_off00010dbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBD 19464 bytes
SHA-256: efea0c45d3108b3f549fe98565879cf2ab1976c5f8b538276e9722515602f3c7
font_02_sfnt_off00014062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14062 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1