Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 898955cdebf77e0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:28:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 94f01cf7529882bceacea3d42d732c93 SHA-1: 3b84800dee9b4a787f87d8d5e5dfb85ebc2cdf07 SHA-256: 898955cdebf77e0b7808392a803b32b1a3624c655595bce0b5c18991bf38359f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the phishing and malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.
  • 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 https://milorem-service.ru/userfiles/file/xojunusiwigewegexipikegi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/97423181818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vr-spagna-20.effievirtual.com/galeria/files/7898445540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/vuwenipovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e8650dbf5---moribowekegexaluzawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/31609813314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ojazzdance.fr/userfiles/file/68486372184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatyab.com/basefile/bainbookcom/files/5296531350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/7483756344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efe9112f44---91086749430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/86127352148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130eb58805fa---rifukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.name/eros/userfiles/file/63237776905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96906389513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350e061f1b1---womirenetefapapugedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/27350840626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwanbim.iwan.co/userfiles/files/39392742644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94313707355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f87872c7b---68798013679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/gabejedogadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/566fa90fe13958993b23f88ba7fbecf0/noxinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dafelia.com/files/liwuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/zojokeroxamupabozukivopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38612164507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392c3c090b5---84933752553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipovifazedodiduri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=raya+and+the+last+dragon+torrent+magnetPDF 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_off0000cdbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDBF 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 54989bfe1885db24e8de38a72609c25ce2c6dd02962132ade426d91ec5a2cb5a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001154e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1154E 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 980580172540de1c31ee78c931b52716787aded275828e776094a4d4d6d780a7