Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89477c29c84beda9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 01:13:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9ca39cf3af4a06fa07ce63420da009e0 SHA-1: 3220b7c8b28685af3903353ead43715f7a62e3ed SHA-256: 89477c29c84beda940cb02505550b51c068dcdb44e73e0883ac106459fc438e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO spam. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these external URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://schubert-hh.de/image/file/fusonerijajefofilir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33974574296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlaskvartir.ua/data/uploads/files/kofudipotediwave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distant-property.ru/fck_editor_files/files/jasosoralovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgestone-ice-cruiser-7000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bodewiworijakerixokel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://physocare.com/Images_upload/files/pusaxebotajuwefosolit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/88736859463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210917105425700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614657c3ac8d5---mesuwovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents/files/82921120673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/lifimejojokuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/49616503322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://addon-colsman.somantec.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezufoxakebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9d8217db8---fumojeninase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f4402f3ad9ae60ac703b6152ab7f904/14749674204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gimhaejazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/35980255563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/35489730202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/23658533365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28ad5ce4b39d95baaa7dbf67840bcdfd/44330906759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pernambucoimortal.com/imagens/files/67777333769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://855solution.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/84040408921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rujiahk.com/uploadfiles/file/92040845442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/nitevigisejubusixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+4s+panel+price+in+pakistanPDF 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_off0000b32b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB32B 10592 bytes
SHA-256: cb4ffe23c2d4fc113192668715746bc9b96a963354ac3e9059e9163661d45192
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB58 16392 bytes
SHA-256: 501c266449529291d0337a423526f84e62a68b82652077362b42af0dcc6b61e2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f48e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1