Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 897e8ae94671a99a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 21:41:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 90f53ba163d6cb6aa028d04562bc507d SHA-1: b1c3c4c28e9bef37687a667d82e5ce67534be335 SHA-256: 897e8ae94671a99a30530718fee69349acec7adffd4c8cd40c6a934c3859b7b2
156 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, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, likely to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest this PDF is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608444a89fc39---kixezejemowo.pdf
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/venidi.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1339c8a42914afe3e5cc7f1fcea3098/84748953835.pdf
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b881f5ee5f---kixedusopamisazat.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c93dc7d65---gesari.pdf
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/69079848579.pdf
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d51cd631cb33890dcf71052e83ec02a/99262153283.pdf
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b790e545d2---xerajune.pdf
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c49a1dd6293920674797d756759a26/16566605109.pdf
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1280de0e0---nowajeperimoge.pdf
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/wumojivikojejuwel.pdf
    • https://seitonsolutions.com/ci/files/6972553506.pdf
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d75a5391b---8946520936.pdf
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a8c9863a6f969907e6a143bf87c972f/titum.pdf
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/kezena.pdf
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/75108388844.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b884487e9a0---sisenixabalatomupuva.pdf
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xikuwalugokirilit.pdf
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e3789497981bbeb2875257f8cf50e50/15679357147.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cc88540cb---14077655957.pdf
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7e11280f6---23323697270.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093256c2a214---18817007972.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=large+horse+breeds+for+riding
    • 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_off0000e6fe.bin
bb0d96f83edb36f561a7b43554a7337b7a94615c9399873b4e26ce3824f2e4b4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6FE 10584 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fecc.bin
28b72f38a0d0358871d2a72ba1bcf912a072334d2d7800c5a0ac79ddb8c470e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECC 16548 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129f2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129F2 16792 bytes