Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8890eb5fbd76933f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 10:22:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 9b9539a42a4e3bbdc7d36d7cfeee15df SHA-1: 5901baa75c462cbc492b56b64a71b8e59bd785ce SHA-256: 8890eb5fbd76933f27b6b121adfa02f8ace4f202af2b6db5c3529f34004cc5c8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or SEO manipulation attempt. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristics strongly suggest the intent is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://euskararenginkana.eus/files/galeria/files/76347066618.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fab6b02021---82834137929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraldocomo.it/userfiles/files/falosupusukuveguzege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38289695973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5mal4.de/moneyvidya/web/images/userfiles/file/pabakujixopufunozox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/96944224414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdwatch.net/upload/files/2021090406010873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.studiorosaliabusco.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokojutomowibelenetejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charming-dc.com/uploads/files/202109032159038073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we-women.de/default/files/uploads/file/wipewirujolipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anna-bel.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/56189796995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/rufujinoputezijibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harshahometutors.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/93900118112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/24264858880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff4874dffe---tisusibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goozzl.com/userfiles/files/debewisanoluwenudomorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.americaninvest.net/upls/files/tupelozotabupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://czus-lukasa.sk/userfiles/file/jasajumelezipeduxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47997616786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gezupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d2e1f150e9cc14333fa70f90e188c57/13747822363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/merosijula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soskuwait.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/sujokebotuwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=qr+code+generator+for+windows+10PDF 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_off0000dbc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC6 18352 bytes
SHA-256: 269e2706dbf06d12e7212aa4530e2bf34b10ab0ca951c4c8d6a848c05e90c9dd
font_01_sfnt_off00010b12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012329.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12329 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 35cad33d8d1ed3289f523127d580a1d50c793ce4e56826300a6c7a2b6690fc60