Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89e22329c7812f36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:53:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ad490082b25b2817a14407b8e003ce44 SHA-1: 9c5e4886a0a5db0f2f1b2f14e8e8729a021b6b3c SHA-256: 89e22329c7812f367beba61f4de865d87ebdce8a8df6cbcbf78152414b94b000
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates a potential for further execution or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://recviem.ru/img/upload/4705771438.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paliukenas.lt/i/File/85432372873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1qm33qoi43o2odn87pq4vumph/51358866817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4v2vr84q7dvmnenaiuot1dv5r/muzozesebebejijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa7d02fa518bdb6052bb70f03334d986/lejenebavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcroyale.hk/userfiles/kenawotapakureze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltwhitmanhsclassof1970.com/clients/3/38/385e9ad2c098ba3bcab8db81b262ab1e/File/36185557042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49aa823b86ab604f63486d4888ff8e9e/41447846537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a2982a1c09241ca460d9a682183b092/naxowuguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff48d2b3c7---48202304000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/59897765781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tm7o2bk9otqofengnijkmurua9/17651108479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svingenieria.cl/userfiles/file/mujibavakiperofaregaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f69524051ee5ff6845a77e17ca844bea/24440901518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb5c96b0cf---wizemerifemugateviguxebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c0807e0cde---37881925239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betamachinery.sa/other_files/File/24507902028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/bametezesafoxuzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowemobapupadilageriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secondhandgraphics.com/usrfiles/file/fanuwujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa566a09489---zazomawafored.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=causes+of+asystole+cardiac+arrestPDF 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_off0000e5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDBA 17940 bytes
SHA-256: f1ef9ce8e9150b80fc59102eb5f9657aa21bfca4641952380c5de42a5a50db43
font_02_sfnt_off00012c79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C79 10612 bytes
SHA-256: de06be2f2fdf1f9f4f265f6a80d737f80605df85c8d6521b227729c5fd92e988