Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89c2f468d2254260…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-30 14:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: be58499a715189af424080ad083c0371 SHA-1: 3df51b90799c10d47af4b27198b88f1df788eb89 SHA-256: 89c2f468d2254260adea199e72d58c14ac2a08ab1e9f01890e39e0702dab6c55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, with ClamAV detecting it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

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
  • 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 http://sofahatinh.com/upload/files/44472906358.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138792691142---52740322789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/14437300221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuchina.org/userfiles/file/86875044016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a08b59eae9---tesikizakajorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/lakilixupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/38360366798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/31506173140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365a245ff91---53997447149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/dazojamerufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48213165129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu2.com/contents/files/64177217183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614af82913c09---xagetuzotajipufofasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourgardan.com/basefile/tourgardancom/files/jupajerirudidupage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210911114753124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juditphotography.com/picture/userfiles/file/kiwurusonifitufoled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supremeroi.com/FCKeditor/file/feloboweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakonoxitetadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26535228529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64821344153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavfelugyelet.megujuloenergiapark.hu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24855499554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d5446d229---37418535971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10kt9hhh8e8it69175l2sm41vp/82890680289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=hry+na+mobil+android+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000bdff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDFF 19504 bytes
SHA-256: 2e9c791cd326f1f514d56ed7adb86076d5e539f54020c8fd5fcbf42e14c8b4a6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BA 10580 bytes
SHA-256: eeab456726805b564d80b756cf37df13cbb20b0f7fcc8d8eadb9273df98cfe5a
font_02_sfnt_off000108d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1