Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 889123835d3ae91a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:27:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 64475800dcc90563f222ac01584ce431 SHA-1: f5a97960b2818523b1a5f0caca7457a1e25fd6c3 SHA-256: 889123835d3ae91a8e3c1455afada6cf863d2602aacff8bbf24e5f6668bae574
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or scam campaign. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the PDF is used as a link farm to direct users to malicious sites, likely under the guise of document conversion services.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/soboledu.pdf
    • http://bowie.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/jubofawulorub.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02ef1785ee428719b4309ad6673f1e24/datamekelubukoji.pdf
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/xojoxigem.pdf
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarukizavotijopumabagoget.pdf
    • https://ateliersmq.com/pevron/www/img/file/3914871483.pdf
    • http://dralituncer.com/userfiles/file/20241397959.pdf
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tikexutadaloxogijisameru.pdf
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74704277282.pdf
    • http://asacnfservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowipaxaramom.pdf
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/megerub.pdf
    • https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/67665073948.pdf
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/45563195623.pdf
    • https://garnizone.com/userfiles/file/919379767.pdf
    • https://joinvita.com/neu/userfiles/file/15758271955.pdf
    • https://jazykovytabor.topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/39843904789.pdf
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6861c24a07a721c3d4e205e85d162c3e/nibepusudebutuj.pdf
    • http://villaelen.it/userfiles/files/depukus.pdf
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e422369dd584d8b822ec97132111e13e/lurixikorudogudul.pdf
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5409330796.pdf
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/85930335398.pdf
    • http://monterroso-construpuntos.com/campannas/file/lageravejolin.pdf
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog/file/1174650447.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=convert+from+pdf+to+word+mac
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b627.bin
ab693ee7eab087fdf65d56ee4fe25f7571f77a9e3ad9057c756c86fe6e96ca22
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB627 16580 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e050.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE050 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f867.bin
2867f451058671205d442d0f56b2bd4026fe43b0a5f4a33b3d23c7a8cab9a080
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF867 10660 bytes