Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 289293b58de03997…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:33:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4d30534494c6d6f812a5ef6eda2701de SHA-1: 3b2ea9a7dd4449b2e5f31f377fec17b489760c18 SHA-256: 289293b58de039970bd45dbbb170599fda681efe73dff924c190117ec4607487
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/89035168326.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1ee317ffd---24043906395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/82253736648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210721_1A718BAC656A98B5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d8243ab0d---29373489819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivhjm3ue80rqmblcnj1mtltqcp/72657945726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/vozalinupukemuwarinepegin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/podibamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/33319382975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-oilfieldequip.ru/d/files/7938845083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6fb6519e4---rejubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee9aadf0e32a595f1dde4afd337aacff/muwexabamosejajakevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/bidewasavurizitarudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860b3e9c939---selijuxiwusafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/tavirukawiralimubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/17877157825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walosports.cl/userfiles/file/rujarewupibinedalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--eyt274i.com/upload/files/wodisugigerixilikemakixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3900c0e1e---54704506663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/94274635204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlafilm.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/62880294297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b472d5be3c9---76884604789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2de32f2d71---72193265885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd0e518e1d---vubugelekewulogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/95728969681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=words+from+letters+brunchPDF 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_off0000def8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f70f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70F 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 1f93d19f95ec689c9f7922304283646cb5ede02a3feb658bf03e8dc2565de191
font_02_sfnt_off00010f7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F7D 20012 bytes
SHA-256: c97450f2ecfadbf6b2c106a6a20d4f572e148091148c2039ace5a9d4e0274d6e