Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89e0366049c727c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:23:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c831b4645a9d4034e9dba53cba6df230 SHA-1: b5c9e310543fd1edc6536c9c877841e3cd8600f9 SHA-256: 89e0366049c727c30073871cc0958f4070046b0bbd0080a60d0bd0487651b579
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a tactic to obscure the final malicious destination. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+university+of+south PDF link annotation
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5c369c8a9---49011244715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profipreklady.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zibizonadofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca3adb195f3---momanigegevopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be3917014f3d02e68643f6e39ea15020/gebovijejigegakinifula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe831e68aa6c41d60c277024d08b13da/zulevovatixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fe83040a9---45741023906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dbd9e076c---sowuvavasotokewolax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09a98a199c---85382773264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30b9cd8d13---kamaretexuwibonapuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/99101461081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37ed59565d---xajirikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/wuzibigojisugon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/dubifijizakixukuluvakamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etgd9g22nd8f4qrua2ie2qnj03/20391657220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/85713423387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c28b657a3---nusemowaxifexazigofito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070532ca8641---pafojiwoduvupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/zefufafegorosavonojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/penof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.org/documentos/file/fonivozoberilikunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paykaaluminiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesifekexikarap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69a9c1f7bdb66f5c87179dd07880b2ea/80563984336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d56add4639991cf3cee0d080b85fa00d/52317152584.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_off00013f94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F94 18088 bytes
SHA-256: ac5394b3a94192bb27b04f5c66961202fd0ecce6d4f6c24ebc34d2f77aa599b6
font_01_sfnt_off00016f30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018747.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18747 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 23e8c2280da0f565aa9a4b135f9f75fac2fcb41d48816fc11854f22b49e66008