Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89ddd778d896436f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-30 17:45:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 0720ffeadd11f4b32d60df83eeb420f8 SHA-1: cd112d68a1de8bfcb1925a155e0245783b1cb6aa SHA-256: 89ddd778d896436f834e1f80aa4f8d39e5161875cdd3ce658028d8bdfb8a1433
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious actions or redirect the user, while the link farm aims to obscure the final destination. The presence of multiple unknown URLs suggests a broad distribution or phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/sudopivutozubexefu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/ripozubaruzerapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/63894819107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blfimmobiliare.com/userfiles/files/lumigodavivam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvonigururipip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesei.com/In PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnoe4lq06m5l9kl7f25pduilbu/50456326049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/xetozujipizefelitadagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330eae22ebc---80674310827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websurin.net/UserFiles/File/fobijapakemupesev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhtractor.com/d/files/nepilajasirenasegowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunghungplastic.com/luutru/files/71824946770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/30229304831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benmoonpharma.com/userfiles/file/94590936745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forexinc.ca/upload/editor/file/wudabuvagano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hflbdq.com/uploads/file/180743082772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdnchem.com/upload/files/radorusivipunelufikuxeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7birbb6d1l6m50bvbl9hptoi5/bupipaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmasgroup.com/userfiles/file/fibiverivogevinibon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worshipedia.net/sites/default/files/file/tewujiguvafexadamudinup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e9d749329---25248927783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b2b6894104b640cb97b608e4b364a72/82202989486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vialivonica.eu/userfiles/files/45062441369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/xapolurilukenine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawaiisushi.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/53372742297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ppsspp+harvest+moon+gamesPDF 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_off0000b546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB546 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD5D 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 1c30e822cac2aa5c6827acc0771aeae0b0543920a75de274b9a08318773564c3
font_02_sfnt_off0000e594.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE594 14468 bytes
SHA-256: e32f15f305ea249d494fb615bdbd89b36342a0a56e38828c8708896842a2569c