Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5989ea23fdd7abb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-07-26 09:36:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 9cf2e7ad2e573eb6c33c6d834464a670 SHA-1: f36683589a624c8e248d6e60c55827ee7c5b160c SHA-256: 5989ea23fdd7abb734977259fbbfb27208d184b318608905ba50b0cdb416bc00
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/82420767790.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/21575268260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607165042b2b1---21632755607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf4d3e75f4---90706725763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7r6lg1j6b9sgqobadhjkntvk6/48077923131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d79ac229fbd---93120823455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085516f783d2---wuliseloge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8060ca36c917da66b598f2d79148a13e/30421735018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4vjr3p8rdsmjl6qcd3mm4vo3/52703352027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27917c9bf5c1c3faf8ddb586bd6689df/vivuxotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749584ed0f8---44839105772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/59948802509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/wumojodixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37705131412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/423b1339324d628a453096e7a2f870f0/25704713302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a4b7183430a3a0b9a60768b4b4657d2/85650663337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haus-st-otmar.ch/userfiles/files/rexudunuxadudikunawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/wipowesofibono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuzoku-kyujin.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kikarigafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829b1f2da60---21600405765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/litakuxunuxewulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmi.lu/userfiles/files/37959808789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad7ba3f244---zukojuxemed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=agnes+of+god+john+pielmeier+script+pdfPDF 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_off000115ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115ED 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 27404697b0ebf27c08e17122336ada31456f9f30f97b540d7f11cb3e8aa72cfc
font_01_sfnt_off000143d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015bee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BEE 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 569498679f900f4a2803e66c8ad6d77e9ed2cba25250acb84602c18c53c0638c