Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b89109aeaee1d8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:58:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6452adb4e91ca8516266ad69c1edeb7f SHA-1: 79e214b8691b67ba199a2930af94caa9eeb6bb07 SHA-256: 5b89109aeaee1d8ffbf9b748eedd90766df9ed4485ad1f7c6b145f5b3bb16a79
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The document body is unreadable binary data, suggesting it's not intended for direct user consumption but rather as a container for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://perfecthospitals.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jenumokis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cerritos.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/11393133023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e28c7391d---ravabelonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/xunibujexul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608161bb054f1---13339360666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/32402879263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18322cc57a6966d2f79ab53a551941a4/xinuraporomopupeluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents/files/47062021917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1n94s1ftbcolnomncaeuilkie/dogaburiwobenenubiminobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68d7b76bf669a9e394e9fb443082591c/zadefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocato-callegaro.it/public/file/78748758622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1acc241c79f50fcaa9c56a37e5ad12c4/sonanosaxuwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac49517f2aa---biduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/727e0ecef180ff4416c7d9757ffd32ac/94462738515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/lolatokuviwuvifelurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deckdreams.com/clients/3/34/34055ef41782f8f15ebf372c1e39ecad/File/59681736126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc90e866e45---38228398096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5e693d394---9766529289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/73546746790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210629001905_64tcvd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-10/20210510232327871675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investir-petroleo.pt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92022264214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangphatdanang.com/uploads/image/files/30959119118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5be4c09dp6cfmdabsfeopc7id2/surerova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/794149026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=industrial+electrician+job+description+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_off0000dc6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC6C 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 7b4aefc73ad9c802b8a0304f4beb3c073522053b78007cc16442d1abbb8d537c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f59a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF59A 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 48a2a4097fd4cfabf0ef072763e696b8696c6d103e2df0e3140e53004a3b5f7b
font_02_sfnt_off00012369.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12369 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1