Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89603e5813fc75ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-08-29 06:57:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d94c49194714c633a5f900363851bdd6 SHA-1: 3d4f4b7a37b94a4eaf78b659504c7296a980aa20 SHA-256: 89603e5813fc75ca7dc014b354ba170729e99a881d1e7b0fd95abf32b7395c4a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites. The presence of a link farm on potentially compromised or disposable hosting further supports this, indicating an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • 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://iohrp.org/f_files/files/5503622063.pdf
    • http://pauseforserenity.com/clients/1/10/1002a5d8b3740fc7390aa1937d1ec3ed/File/jujew.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879747b793e---powuzekalazamu.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608155f06c8c1---75734955825.pdf
    • http://abwrva.com/uploads/files/mimevivutuwokudotezeso.pdf
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82853cf6e7cc86d5ab40630b8dcef98f/160386881.pdf
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/97992196322.pdf
    • https://turkihale.com/userfiles/file/59658914320.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884e56bb698---depuvig.pdf
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d74cf0a8739---wepiv.pdf
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/68365720032.pdf
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23994652321.pdf
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef94c7d9fc---wodemirubopojuxibi.pdf
    • http://techhssilverbuffs.com/clients/61416/File/lirinokan.pdf
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/345521ade1494559764038b0ba5f2ed3/safajituzagovifarodufedib.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e72d17534aab19474c45bd80c6d27212/bujizujemosofi.pdf
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/29698361618.pdf
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thd06jq9ocp1gj9vbi0kpm8h76/62865545731.pdf
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/dovijebevavegikidozi.pdf
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/zotokedizaludivo.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e624dc607---jonajejurijuxamapekib.pdf
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/banedosudo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=new+haven+office+of+vital+statistics
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ccba.bin
586e2008da105c6ad024c427702739b628351b21059e0cf697cff8efd4b37789
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCBA 10464 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e47e.bin
5fb42dfcb397bb7de4ae87a6701f5453337af7f0bd614de041dfc57363177081
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE47E 17632 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000112e6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E6 16792 bytes