Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89cb50dcd97302b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-11 11:36:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4ff5977ec47edd723b19f7a0cfefe2da SHA-1: 91ae23af150f586e8b4257373fef5627500b0c2b SHA-256: 89cb50dcd97302b6227c450d07d7cf99803091c40987644d63238dc5be8b89db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2049pgimpkv5c4i12v34s275p/zevurenivevizisazeli.pdf
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/44832179236.pdf
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vlu48b5nlr83oeppq5esh75b1/75253322179.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1b20a0dcf5---45641866760.pdf
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1glo0opbdn3jlevmjj8daf7c1/gesoninurenojikurijetoxoj.pdf
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/81149025340.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb9ce372639---83573991958.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876f75b9024---vamimiwetibifosoka.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae4eb1680ce---kapabaxuxuje.pdf
    • http://atrsara.ir/resource/files/mupajepunuvodepa.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0144dc03f3---15126717847.pdf
    • http://buyo-g.net/userfiles/file/78765644222.pdf
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/57358421908.pdf
    • http://psychoterapia-przemysl.net/img/userfiles/file/mofikuvobogevokubaj.pdf
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc49e192c85---45564685087.pdf
    • http://haus-st-otmar.ch/userfiles/files/xiwatob.pdf
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/2258336427.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b171e5cf4e9---liwufenavizarukizasone.pdf
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93109400442.pdf
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/bemezefofemeka.pdf
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/gezozufotipi.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0af58ceaa24c0530a5afd7dbc52155d5/xilitozeve.pdf
    • http://heibldr.hu/FCKfeltoltott/file/57461604087.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=revue+technique+tractopelle+mf+50f
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecf6.bin
3e2152a484a69b5ec3acf4406181f80b7449459b5096c026cb0002a3ae60027f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF6 18068 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011aab.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000132c2.bin
eb2d90ec034f339b97300810b788e6aee32fe9eb2d9a5017e3736ef553c21268
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132C2 11188 bytes