Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89455bece7b633e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-09 17:18:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e35dd0a3d9508da32e3e87d760684597 SHA-1: 1836fb1477f6b4917d6569a4fab65bf092455da2 SHA-256: 89455bece7b633e3ac99c25c6513ebd501e2b75a6c69afedc18e2a6c88eb524e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lure users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating a link farm hosted on potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50qgjdmcn38bvj0vt5fa8qob3t/90740092866.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ad65bb265---tuwekepalotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0jgh2u9kurt152tt9ij2jugrfo/sevapurikevowefafavoxoxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ae1fb1b80---wovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609836a3b0fa2---sabuzuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgqmj6fpfuvoast5mqhbtl8v4j/31470665509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/babopes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/dimomexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02a54d6eee013e3fd3d1fe982801cb8/nevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/gotariwaxepejixagiwakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47deb148a3---48163279390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210607_065907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/53220722850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160970faeaf5e3---najogaxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210701_5B4F787C92D9546C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b5eead376---xotenogikizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/xewexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkd3j9viuu6ld8gi549g2l9u7b/38217484436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2huf7ks09ae51mj0hfhfjpqfj1/xibofikiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/xexeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a01d0c229e---27909112899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tremonttemplemacon.com/clients/862779/File/32059647771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/tutekuzitepew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/71854015885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=things+fall+apart+charactersPDF 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_off0000f9e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F7 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 0bbf36912d2ca1c037b440ffc764e19a2633e5db44d1b94efb04c17468d8da9d
font_02_sfnt_off00012a1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A1F 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 83e799fa8840f1b39aa96566494351b179287ba95c6151ef081b330647abe7b9