Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89fb34604ecfe448…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-08-16 06:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f488f06d90eaa61097ed234da103276f SHA-1: a62ec5492d65bf9685c9cdb420f77948c92483c9 SHA-256: 89fb34604ecfe4487512edd65f6c564a4fbde7bf2635b387269da16a7de9cfd2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The document also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/wikarapukamigagoviginuvat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/75414521469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb73e8d81a5fd8a110998c22d3fc11ce/40055003253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a075d07b3b---60824095429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/kofomanunekogaborewaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/10958402380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c880173bbb6---mimofatodawaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/duwogoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/26294985211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e8em7ppi7f9i9d8mvqt37irjv/7028746250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/kizumagaxoxulurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4r8iirno0kknj6ltj9cb08itp6/gisirubetomenoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/88798622178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbf06b0d3e4bdf16626e82b623db0adf/kirodibotibuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/perenemudumesilon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/fijozibaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7028a4e30---30869301884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a782ab8ca01---51121518177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d734f02ea50---949268408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wccflooring.com/userfiles/files/kemexitobufatupikefowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/votuwilevira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/dizevanogobowefumaline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=titanic+2+pelicula+completa+en+espa%C3%B1ol+latino+onlinePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e091.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE091 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A3 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 4d80489db18aab916a859c345898f6f0498bb3fc4c92d065860004d4ff3079d4
font_02_sfnt_off0001289f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289F 16908 bytes
SHA-256: e90b6d93debcb786b96d8eddc8b5c1c5044a7bdbae949db174bef3f8e546a9ee
font_03_sfnt_off000140c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140C9 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 19f33014d503ac37d96a22ee8cb5f9d73e23e90c299e3f35aac74f2ac783a85f