Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89c79dae40b8814e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 11:43:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b0b422a466370d2f230f2752218e184e SHA-1: d341388a66e1370b2b3f73cbf8c5a5abce24896a SHA-256: 89c79dae40b8814e928dd3959ff4f47575666ee59c21c1441764e6f710905be0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of links pointing to external PDFs hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious payload or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1631102163.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0k87ebv21j3cl9gjgc4nl1r3pt/tabilugunet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strongpointmarketing.net/userfiles/file/58280097949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161444e9d762be---merukiduwagidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/9505111874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodnest.info/tctt/sites/aaa/file/2347321962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/fedonuxavugaditepojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/jedorekapilenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sfipl.in/userfiles/file/wodijilami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49l508f2eo7a9f5fvjk2p3j539/52080424941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.org/files/galeria/files/64397219939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsnursing.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dozowezape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rireenfrance.com/images/upload/files/gafiluvufuvakanid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2403355d581e9a455c0cfcc598c4130/73080200976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibconsulting.com/contents/files/5463102558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centralperdana.com/file/45578171261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.youngzonejewelry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jelugejisik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/73420361276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agcontraincendios.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29452526234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badeluxe.com/userfiles/files/95101717093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/34108377991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+screen+lock+patternPDF 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_off0000dde4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE4 10444 bytes
SHA-256: d5d0b8e1170bdde7a52ec52772e5ca6e519553a8c77cb47680a04674849a2c42
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5CD 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 75e9145c47263880ad5372372c55200d543cc3f612efc416160ffeabd406b93e
font_02_sfnt_off00012410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12410 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1