Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89bb2299889a99b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-26 02:19:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: cfd98c7f70d1438303163dd0dfa7845b SHA-1: d9cd61a475766df75de1ed3a4b32b86b70203595 SHA-256: 89bb2299889a99b363cf9d540e48feb5a0dee6fb3223cc785a19ce434a5e99ed
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a phishing or redirection attack, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f41e63baba6e994a1b4d1dfbd82c1878/84777333778.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aqcorth.specialty-match.com/upload/files/ronosiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///jojenedujuvixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkstores.gr/userfiles/file/36184677202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/jififopodorusijitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loisirs-auto-occasion.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zabikidarajixobuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/6999714013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cepatdaftargroup2.com/contents/files/vapazomumiwomebapuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncfc.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62417358624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttc-investco.com/img/files/907472395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b53c74c825---82160337350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd5f29cf6f---73421909452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolaninsurancetx.com/customcms/uploads/files/gulamuwiwobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/69816208000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/rejusozomidaxomut.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/4752016118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergienetwork.net/userfiles/file/59129109694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-malkov.ru/uploads/files/nudoxigeranomuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szemvidito.hu/sfwkr/feltoltesek/Images/Image/85409924623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/komuwofoxitaboruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613219256b3b1---84341885181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/52386771580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021090305555316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=decirte+adios+con+un+te+quiero+pdfPDF 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_off0000bd4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD4D 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 89c604acbe25672ac030a913031e874dfff34695fcc30ac532658e2ea6a2521e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD624 19384 bytes
SHA-256: 4ff42f389823dd8516712a64be240abec51cd9479550722776940ae631318d19
font_02_sfnt_off00010842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10842 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1