Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89d15b8e51a59146…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 09:42:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a4347c11849a16d98decfbf0b4401cc2 SHA-1: e929bd900d3bd6bd04528dcf165575784df6d84f SHA-256: 89d15b8e51a591469df3ba06d5fb728bb98b881968df43e9d01939c3062773d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, including those hosted on disposable domains and utilizing WordPress upload vulnerabilities. These elements strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lehman+brothers+case+study+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kthrv0fg7g4noea2m7jut7csg7/sagokirisiruredere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/wikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da2dd8aa1fb---sulubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4dfda4cb6d732cd5a673bc65b6b441b/ribuvijaliwazusazefirubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a6d79f4d6---24559142716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/79395245402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6fd5a1657ccbcaf6db0ba0427f3d5e9/92094510248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f0ce005d4---difuluvawitenobororev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b664522d87a---98406046726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fo1jr0uha5smu3urfju8v3p6d7/19559456996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/dovomadamoxake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aahsclassof1978.com/clients/b/b6/b6117739535924054831d33ecd54b00a/File/93063875039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f13e0d3b34a58c96c617b4c4abc6a606/sexikukaletatefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/88646076064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4smontreal.com/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/83858349291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verdantnorwich.com/clients/3/30/306756bb587dffcd11ca74610d845a16/File/mefiligekatabebusefetifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/niwepobariropulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2dvf4f58d77d9s7r163hjrn0h/kakigudoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/tixujemitifewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/62557612036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b299d7937609aed477f4c20123219235/runoxibikusap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a753010b621168ec31f068183118a0dd/4663270060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e4b4f7ef26b66167fe0ab5990883136/11489006098.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_off00015286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15286 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016a9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A9D 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 7d5f9ac1a92b1749d804ab6632346b60092bb2b8f98d743c0913658cdb37e028
font_02_sfnt_off000183b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183B2 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 6e546d5cdf69760207eb91d604deb271844fa6e1c2e3312e54cc16a05c5ebd04