Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2db89a96a1b3ac68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:42:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: edadc3bf0b96002e5fac0e961c869e21 SHA-1: be812af1ebc900fbaa780ebdd4527f7c90e9b5ec SHA-256: 2db89a96a1b3ac685a1ec5ba6035e0a40e65a7179596f0dafdd61897b03d85f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, and a visual download button lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content, likely through a chain of redirects or compromised hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solidworks+2018+tutorial+deutsch+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/xetunadazinikifibekagawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7746d3574a---98053848554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d0b2bbd79---sesaxubowupetudoxelaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://collegemahan.ir/basefile/collegemahanir/files/wuderabekeguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datev.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42232353387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72574695753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhudljijc4ki0gkatv64q1m9tg/kejezoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db16fd65879---14610110510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/68263096885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisikanaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/94407123482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haisanquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/kafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walnutcreekguide.com/wysiwygfiles/file/7926514255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b394ea8875a08dcc1dffbf92c13b7f5/xidebinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c1e3c77cfaf52faf09e0370e1cb978/74269112017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/46564275422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eedkf01d9aom0evnd73j5l4se/tubijikenolekoxijavojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/12304871778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febisosoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40a9f37709---vuvufose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danangsculpture.com/uploads/image/files/gudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/53682096783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemisterbauldingfamily.com/clients/8/82/82a21d9598fc66f9117a8fb7222c8fd0/File/44158016907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7848e805ffe0126891200e65cdd20c4/28223419371.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_off0000e0b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C7 11468 bytes
SHA-256: 25edafbe1afbf34eccaf834eb3188d3f781af1f8e48632674d72ec9aefb16fde
font_02_sfnt_off00011421.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11421 18672 bytes
SHA-256: deddcdfb539215dc5f83164a55c41834c5f87cabd0e7b221a0be7c85e56061d6