Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89d1554d4e82c03c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:27:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 04305e6971810562af75d0cd1f4466c2 SHA-1: 0326bb9ef91ec7309674fdabad2baa23fa23f3df SHA-256: 89d1554d4e82c03c8e5b1dcef602ec8f90d98fb0a397fd37a0ad6a6a8824ae46
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the heuristic firings suggest the PDF's primary function is to act as a link farm, directing users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=good+adjectives+from+m PDF link annotation
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/lajosowono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viewcs.com/partner/upload/dextfile/30832191122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmgg79hu1rms2qvig2997jtjmb/gexexakaminet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab09b90753c---98141760128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/labuxirorakamavegunujoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kt4re6gla4u2e5i6g1d7g1eh4/dipudoxepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925fb026433---72799547372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.org/clients/84553/File/xajegubuzof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6lcupq332np5c74ijao17gjpe8/sirevexugituv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdshg.com/images/upload/File/70421085170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9sbqet3d72tevoruog30i40dk/94747772217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/webil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a008d018ec808a4e4b48dcf57cf78e0/jatotokowara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d7f6e66ce---18537244713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02qa03rcvklnoqvcbdo0esu1n7/pixarenar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c1fc982c4---kukokebodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/jisetadufemexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/pomojiruvomelowixavode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dfc375a5c---15231750205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859e3909972---kutijilowosegawivuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79553d74278cbca80388f3dd6cebacfd/jiwikejejuposisifowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1nl8r46rpmjpemhsbggbtf0i82/dutuwizifumexozunuvasenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084769d9ee51---92631516215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dereformasenalicante.com/archivos/files/joratiguzunexaxaxule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/gogekipaj.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_off0000ecaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECAF 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 9dd7e307e45c3962c7078517af0b073ee8d3d0b937f49c13734f4ca6ded18432
font_01_sfnt_off0001055b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1055B 16260 bytes
SHA-256: 98939db6c86f0fbb37ab330d26aea3493bbb3ec529ca933f9280ed3a9cc96f16
font_02_sfnt_off00012f52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1