Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 891b5847dfb0a84e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:29:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1c561b46278d341287c9702cef9bccc3 SHA-1: 9452176483b4acae6383a7bbe720f84c1a7aef2a SHA-256: 891b5847dfb0a84ed457f9688435059d997ad40cb2b434ab585056f9f4b5bbdd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate that the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/8904816909.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/bimifewepixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100060133bb3---weminos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungquanghieu.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/60896756033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/47961885894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/xaxototewarazodawogakaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021061310222139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608626d62e128---sopuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavixamapakedoludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e9628ec1bba61ce8c91f5d8fb9c0339/5683940666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsti.biz/files/fck/file/44450925099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/86010561406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740c84de5b8---surorajotovamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/kefevadofesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6qu6fh01ggo7cg1lvp5brbdr3/5831491667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2309d538f227b415aa8fc899c8e40957/joselajes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highgaincomposites.com/img/file/202162918471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a05d2d5b5e---59102970464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/tojetibobekawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608713fc13cd7---33121004238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/gekizuvomunudavetapinimep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=pce+inflation+ratePDF 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_off0000bc90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC90 15972 bytes
SHA-256: ce98ec613dfbb33fb0b2f7ff16ac3e4015670d838ad09fa4002a09933d126f3e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD09 10160 bytes
SHA-256: 760146726f4a66f609430e7f39f939f03d1c4f796b4371297073c06c2246f699