Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89231393f29cfe2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-08-14 22:33:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: e21d2ab718ebfa0a86d2fad50574e786 SHA-1: 17361d5005ba2da19ab9303ff7a1313b7c011cfc SHA-256: 89231393f29cfe2d102aadda70f445880b8caf60a8474e63edee6e831501ae06
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. The heuristic 'SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA' indicates the document attempts to trick users into clicking malicious links by presenting a fake verification prompt. Several URLs extracted from the document point to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a distribution mechanism for further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd41e0c858---71216852279.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d08341b3ed---mubumofojususepiriziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/991c287f51a41da8db37701a96c0c357/23283227702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wumag.pl/userfiles/file/taguraxafaluwoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99ea98f90756e236ebb16d2d5cf1469e/bobenexujonoliwunam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/74802223145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210814020154_1149956382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/81977807331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607764bd508ab---37475133619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5772b81ca0---rarewaremoledavuvejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608353bca2d78---navafijufopilixom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/5425106906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/gejafemumibanilam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/pidadoragovegilagafijorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c8afcc29902fd118a2a3a4e8b9d2d4c/43014678242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c990c9a2669---51205192447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/melobepobinoregofiruruxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cbb190f0a1afcfd897180e6f946115f/36328579522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/mesalobonaziwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/48532147456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b321a14b21---43880485015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac27c064662---bevisurunuwuvomogezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honderhotel.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210812162442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fdce55a483---13184357555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2b1d15c6b---52102410969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/36090297479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+bpc+stand+for+in+unemploymentPDF 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_off0000e79d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79D 11232 bytes
SHA-256: d8e4859da244496fa63c0d4c4d5d35b6d93ccffeddfe5677db5b13b3515ba965
font_01_sfnt_off00010186.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10186 16992 bytes
SHA-256: d8845dfcf1db9ccd36f0ef0fd4fc008f4fe3c4f13c29172fd7e4e43c6f471552
font_02_sfnt_off00012df4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1