Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89768af98bcad3ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 22:30:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3403b60061f899fa3a29fcac9497cc4f SHA-1: 765aff6d1a3d43b7e4c6f7f85539cd9d0dce2507 SHA-256: 89768af98bcad3ad22d4a646aeb834e9f69b0bcf6310f12360146732da1f8182
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=abby+and+brittany+hensel+now+2019 PDF link annotation
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a82ae9182---75590604346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/fumuzawasezogogunus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/dadogojibefevefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54a5933708d81c76b7cea2142488e12a/28407573874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d50fa5e235---7252717740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90efe2a05ae2c618d22b119274fbbb06/45188491030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smitheaster.org/clients/861344/File/zivonesakeditosegen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/dowununibulusux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9fef5f18499a21a85a46d3111fbdb96/43211335084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1b63f3f73---votomaraxobovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ea2b610af9---50349782120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/fisasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/31109984135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ramawonuwomutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160970e9b2a3ea---14075141246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/83216836598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dc2366b8b9---posuwelivezezumezedebane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/segiluzanune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3f2k00bbot211i7essk9h0bir/27089708124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuresi-kaitori.com/upload/content_pic/files/bedokijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/57876668176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0b364e8662372d014e9964dd6e631de/sodefemupogapojefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/533ksq4smj268qe26uj3uktinq/93849548621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011d69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D69 11128 bytes
SHA-256: ad379b0d41ab96164e8fe21517f7a40717ec5cd75648fa03b71a5af21877a922
font_01_sfnt_off0001377e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1377E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014f90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F90 17252 bytes
SHA-256: 6d57405af32807ab10f15580e2685e51d9007e092ec384ecd017eb8d7679dbeb