Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 289f0dba17ecf365…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:00:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6296898456a0f1865193b0136b75e0dd SHA-1: cb8d55c5f3f8bfaf204e2ec0eed93c221e7604d5 SHA-256: 289f0dba17ecf365605b96568a2fbabe40777258cca938ef0f2e1f6ce418f08f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The PDF's structure suggests it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially harmful content hosted on various domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=genetica+cuantitativa+armando+caballero+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d382a7e99d854a7caa1cd6e24be2ee7/sawinafiluvuzifada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsarvn.com/media/ftp/file/3752752839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/wiwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/devewufuzuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/fumifekupufedenajogajavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbe8vul0h15op9q8no3mctqgl6/zipiridal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10bec9d8e979691964c1c17da94d28dd/gitagilejasaseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezstreetautosales.com/clients/876244/File/5577103847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/wisulibasemepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d676dc32853fc65efb46c3a81e0dad0/majobiwowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/vegofebusovolovosumutex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6aa098f8a---tagifuzorufogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/48867470935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/vizoruvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ambkhlab9ch7f2ot1u6lf93f40/63141556840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/rowupugijoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/32742893267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/70612439454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8b3acf328---sagetiwusujujup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097dc36a2967---naberita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/47942596768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.pl/upload/liwulimorufafufes.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_off00012e19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001462b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1462B 21472 bytes
SHA-256: efdbf7da9ab368457ba2222c0ab2360cbbb87e8b1c0c0b1e4e5593691769c4e4
font_02_sfnt_off00017c4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C4D 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 20d1589ffdf2d9949784c234f8e275341330f51c117b2b61198c1705dd9bd6d2