Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89b4822b502d6434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 19:47:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 75d7495544d3fc34d8ea5828c6b766fe SHA-1: ed1b5f84c2555c836c8c4e1dfe9f839804376b0f SHA-256: 89b4822b502d6434a1b22ebda4c9e4f2ed10afb9aa74a9cd6c63398d057a0b84
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a distribution point for phishing or malware, leveraging the compromised CMS infrastructure to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7826e4d3e---60772781653.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f3663db89---6779931927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/69441416747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3028230f22b4463fc5f9c86e727ed314/70463067634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c14bf3033ddeac52008ab7e1a34294a/34730505327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/21304911542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/fumaxekaxosumerefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/926c249150fe3d82b3f1d2a5b72af2b6/49968682336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50b826c145---minifife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/livorifewisafolemuvuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artside.org/data/temp/file/metumibomumoxelofagake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7bcd9e7e4---1869861214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a622d4ed0d8---sewelitufekib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/81739977722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff04fe456b---37718332284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/kazegam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/netelekoxedepolewelasane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/657519a191e4fb2ee874fe669d91fb37/23701247265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/88893643626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fbf7949f32d5995555a58422a911de4/65766256440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlinqh253fna4vjn7ht8blkcjm/kilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862dae9aa50---rabomemiteri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982f8068374---91286253279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8hbl2sc3ciqf2h281feojobnv/50154448282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/26488195511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=constructor+for+class+javaPDF 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_off0000f26f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26F 17620 bytes
SHA-256: b8907c31f36e9e154bc6b36bc67e45cf431fbfe84b6a4d9eaaa704f9fb2e1ad5
font_01_sfnt_off00012165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12165 10432 bytes
SHA-256: c74efa052cbfc62531d6dfeb08a7930aa932d4291c1e9d412ed895d7521fc5d8
font_02_sfnt_off00013949.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13949 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1