Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89e5a22b9d0da9f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 22:15:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: cf08e0aab449c0cc1e31399ef92fd8a4 SHA-1: c09bfd8d7a740be2084237674ef7214613158e21 SHA-256: 89e5a22b9d0da9f55f8be32919660c9b02adc658e7183a9e268689ad49c1efe1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This is a common technique for distributing malicious content or conducting phishing attacks. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f4840b6ac0283be65eb7a4460debaca/14742249258.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e693c2f12---vadaloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608995cb1d60e---mijirixukobumafajizisema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e437efea4af0f12b67524bec369fd0f1/54040831698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/90107816991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/subase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c41256d75---fudefup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c44d3dee5dec98cf5004ff0e43c35da/sipovamotasebonizaduxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/21076131462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ca2b32dd9a483f585bec8a9af04b4e2/91574571218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/39809658195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfn6rl3cg4k6aglljpr8ctp0r7/36834977304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5bd321718---71571103598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920cf8b76d7---bipapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizasopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amidoux-peintures.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25206063007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33bfaf41f844d831c97dbfe54572c995/dipasubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/tagene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggoikm24nghia6r322asc45n9j/tunaxasonibavubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca00c099b58---pozaravolonasimavutemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e271a3cac5ee5261321b262488246c37/51312592617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/22031564716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49bcd057ecaf3e642c13439c67b9c461/90583682727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2038d9b8b---95481987410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73f926938e---74014424239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=i+am+full+of+holes+riddlePDF 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_off0000fb42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB42 17672 bytes
SHA-256: 1707fd2e2d79d7d206aba90697a51ecbd8250ab68bf5837be69ad4fb55307862
font_01_sfnt_off000129c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129C9 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 9ce22ccfe045b6c99d8c4d0989a206dc81f0f1a5a0bd1aa02d7b02e6aebfaef3
font_02_sfnt_off0001417f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1417F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1