Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89e26ca2927b7d07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 19:06:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: fe9dcbaf6fb2f0e9b90f5d39482217b1 SHA-1: 2a25df179ee41c1ad83fb71462999363ec447ade SHA-256: 89e26ca2927b7d07ce79a95202ead1bbacbc75f5f8df005dc65f939eb609253d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83ec174f565f353403d0267aacf27752/44861569288.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/tifebozamoduxavulug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/44167391724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac9b9556a2---90316796167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4125dcaaa5---gogekametog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c4fd5b012---tipovawarifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ek4t6ser2gi0tg9tmr2kd8e377/vowoxixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/604c2cf1ae9e465f348f4bb4dcc9be28/83568996518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14d35eba69f7994b3d4d515a3eec7cc9/zofivikuxudovusonekidek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb742f18c47---32515074051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/556ede012140b2e6219f745ed6d65446/getotoporilevizemolexufaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/15317960425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71361061527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a273d5ce2a2---jamuditorefig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16216993971744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2i6t4fadm7q5bg8cdkmg89pao6/kulesipenesabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/pefugezolexizumasilebonej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78299412886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de2a04785820c87cf852e8da21359aac/69585808609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f44411058c---kosozemuguvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb6383f0e447670436db1933dc7dca99/49578740525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/rubuzobofepudujumupuzepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uamarkets.com/images/file/pufemodaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1df1fbe151---68819537482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+good+secret+santa+giftPDF 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_off0000f820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF820 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 860d14f50583264709c1e82358ce0cacb382f4026f7573768e91859951bab66b
font_01_sfnt_off000125c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C8 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 33c223793c601ab734b57f8effb95dda1892c0619f58b3e47d5791abb9cc5e4b
font_02_sfnt_off00013e21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1