Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 894dfc088ea953dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:34:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 73ed2191fc4bdfd83f9fb492216e43a8 SHA-1: 9b05ce94531d0dab4f87be1e0e2695492d34c5b8 SHA-256: 894dfc088ea953ddf04c8289b6f7f61483acc9628354eafa661141888c491eb0
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of a download button lure reinforces the phishing or social engineering aspect of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/maribobotifugifesilul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/71145583060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64300069707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46294797988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevale.us/userimages/zisupuguwewumasibitax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kelusazuzipemupojuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/12509831141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artsar.pl/userfiles/file/wugovonokokawoxuwobexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff2a31c4dddd1abfe12b89abac55bfb6/potuguvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/jovulevorudobumema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/1382715605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082524ad5d0c---39115580059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210906175321581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/domeluxisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b5deb1e2e---nosojizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56591a4cd49c4a7c571a6111b766294c/natimaxerinemeguli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9983e945553392260781a88471b4a35f/sexuzuzozakozosilogasutex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60f88d2fad---mimugasamamukasoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68afab9322d071de3e55f03c22f71374/44025394858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satakantaresort.com/user_img/files/senifidabekupomujidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3954bcaf3d3a5741e361d5949463e0e/76215286094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/goxijipid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=treasury+financial+manual+volume+i+part+2+chapter+4700PDF 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_off0001180b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1180B 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 42f717ef9b136402ec5a21d9812e1319a5db9838b413e91f557dd23979c3fe63
font_01_sfnt_off000132be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132BE 18636 bytes
SHA-256: 06e34a5a6a245a5f06be2c4ca01ca3824666b2d5519c319437f74c3318f74365
font_02_sfnt_off0001637b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1637B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1