Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89c6c133b7a8904d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:06:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 0a178ff5b6a93434434d7609302bb37a SHA-1: e4b89068fc95ebc54e64f839101d25c5d0c061d7 SHA-256: 89c6c133b7a8904d7ccee26635f2fc1231d52e89a417a50e169e7de684cd7f1a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these URLs and the heuristic firings indicate a phishing or SEO poisoning attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=type+2+diabetes+mellitus+with+other+circulatory+complications PDF link annotation
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d859bcb293b92b87a77920d3b8e67e1/xuxigilubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd9a7bd2bad6ed73fa5b2483f163fbcc/pisuzozijurododinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmattroigiatot.com/uploads/files/90806505712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j258uv9k22kc3gs0odq6c4p2pq/rosoxonigunamozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/64822097115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/7270202689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finpacecuador.com/userfiles/file/jelanus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb96819db3---ragilosobozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/25591647064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95ff5d9a663419a41c4aa66f81f7a98e/tuwefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a60d26b26936ae02c527ce710905654/74983076587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p8tlkn3sf92tgm5up8ul1avm73/98820564457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glycocalyx.nl/userfiles/image/file/6217091693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210614005057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a92fjdu3j8470aeuu8esl8cr34/62631334951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/35258443208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vm2d1gpdeaias6mdrpf64bh56u/tapumifetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5df4c4e3ce---jisologurikatokebakatife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113bf6532691d054da76ca0125cfc4ce/xoravawanizusuzipigam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7d9p450uaskvk9m6f4h45uvc5/1232083390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94fadb1e96a78882a31576b633511494/nonepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607baf208a8a5---jokodogulorugol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petikdaun.com/contents//files/11658354514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876883eab00---65611920621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edrbvotb3edoiigq5u9jlkqpgi/nuposovetovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/toropuzosesalupegofe.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_off00010a1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12232 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 46c2570b42fc7ad06c61ba193768abe075d755c5e0f628ab893949876ddbb678
font_02_sfnt_off00013c80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C80 18564 bytes
SHA-256: c474fd5a7eeddc290975c3fdbbdb6acaa7b6be074144069cb55dd4bdb35bac09