Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 689340289d088d14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7f6714cafc1fc7315488fa88f9d01e8a SHA-1: c6c9eeb454585995d61691ac1c763169930534ed SHA-256: 689340289d088d14ffd91c555883fab5da1a2eaf4ff5881499fcce45f3cfe2bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of multiple links to WordPress upload directories suggests an attempt to leverage vulnerable sites for hosting malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+manually+install+driver+easy PDF link annotation
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/gilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073bcfed1470---jizuwowipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b1f4955b0524a51bdb29cd319c00936/gawixob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/raxaxixomilawisakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf17fb70f6b06030f787fe32a01b16ef/74004211929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05248d9e879395a0168d73f5332e623d/71358304079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jckp3q5n2eel2ej3np540b935u/55971398763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18a42b310a---81943208769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc1f358f4b---topitare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/66453181808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/wukazapirivifozizejakewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210625222934552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a578223d2f2---surunibegupapedepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/27144254084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/fesabixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/85891644790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/50201066439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8496a907e0---60189050451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4fdf6cfaaa3efc5702a45bab426476/dexujome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/vesufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e132b159b---wigikuxilugawifubivaxul.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_off0000e2e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E7 16668 bytes
SHA-256: f39bbffdf0ffa3dd655723c1b282a3a07a463114196c9848dc69107a0feb75ca
font_01_sfnt_off00010e77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001268e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1268E 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 8c8ea88cd685395770fd515c6959c81bf1ace46faf906c57531aa869d3e132b4