Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b89cce54d0803da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 07:09:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0df3f16e7660525421e980c864505584 SHA-1: 28fa065da20b7989a5f2389ea69ac835a0ecac0f SHA-256: 8b89cce54d0803da8edc20d2b90b6210f8aa081eb5f8377f3476bc92d7441634
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The PDF structure and embedded content suggest an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. No specific family could be confidently identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://zerosquareonline.com/file/gugigag.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/87229127721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibliotekaszamocin.pl/img/upload/files/kodazifuromevujenujabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cserepakcio.hu/xdata/file/minafujuzupatupazalirave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koyomisushi.com/uploads/files/82440642695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujugetasaladurolokiraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353bbacd81e---24547013709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servicedental.it/userfiles/files/kerowepirokeriruka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbpkrosno.com/fckfile/kebabilimisexepuwosomowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jijapasoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59ab9cfdd8eb829f9242a6a97d52c228/75283178041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiecarriere.it/uploads/file/tekorekiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/fimulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltes2.tw-goods.com/UserFiles/files/94485306053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents/files/50809214170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios/files/89564641563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanhbon.vn/media/ftp/file/88111639695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bank-kredit.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gifegoxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136421c6b9f9---duwolidafitusonanutabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131ad9b2ef03---43514460929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139286ec160a---nemasinarepalekupuwepoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spiregene.com/image/files/20210905_011549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pradakshinam.com/fck_uploads/file/56359346387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/69985258440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukuxubakunoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=push+alerts+androidPDF 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_off0000babc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBABC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2CE 15460 bytes
SHA-256: 4e389da0109ce593289c03a3cba9ec74f0bea746892cc297eacefa7177848352
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA10 10444 bytes
SHA-256: cf14b4b169b417fbed24a94682201fd77bc3f1abe96017eb3031c66c832a31eb