Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89b57e2bc84eee33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-26 08:13:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b81b05ca98fb4895634f2896a5980f62 SHA-1: 8bf4810ead68077f807f330002d1a31f5b81bfac SHA-256: 89b57e2bc84eee33044123b9b68639f337860f30099950734e7fc6292ef76056
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These elements suggest the document is designed to lure users into clicking links that likely lead to further malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=viplava+ganam+malayalam+mp3 PDF link annotation
    • http://ebara.com.hk/ckfinder/Zenith/userfiles/files/97321186533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolaykanal.com/userfiles/files/raruwumilaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwvictory.com/uploads/files/jinulemow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75393749697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/misezafep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manchetenewsms.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91190457553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sepejulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longthinhphat.net/uploads/files/lumulikoripanepujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happyjourney.webtrails.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogawugezudadefogozuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--franzsischebulldoggen-lec.eu/userfiles/file/63962065077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92340960633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161492280204aa---lojexekejakulufuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkm-lux.by/var/upload/file/40818520295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logomarcanet.com/userfiles/file/tafesif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143915a7e9cd---goxagulalerogeduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aspbae.org/userfiles/file/fudijuxedugatiwalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents/files/34722558708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/logajokalubiwedifabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fe0984802e---34803909671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8366dd509ebd477fb4cc0af498ab98ab/24167258382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/lomavawanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfraccon.org/userfiles/file/vulobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichtours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexiwidimap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89576062527.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_off0000b394.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB394 20376 bytes
SHA-256: f133fa28bcb8115c010fef12851114b1efe0386a41155818f9e45991d94c013c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE877 10296 bytes
SHA-256: db7722c8f4925d11356eb852da9c6bd31c8c3a55fa233867d7c3a2e58642414d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1