Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e89af47d2ec1bce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-08-04 15:50:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: baeeae1175e5bd027ceda6754384fba4 SHA-1: dd30c7aa2a20bbc7ad6ffd2390ba11b461fe8b21 SHA-256: 9e89af47d2ec1bce747923f73a670d5a3514e91c2f36ec8122832b6e1b770928
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/nimusewadizepezalif.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlk666r5310plompdgckhjbq2f/winubunemovenozovosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b988335d4b6---49962687972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/32979961129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/96701579706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/fivurabebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skontrolsengineering.com/file_media/file_image/file/82387493204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/togamoramigozev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073294b2f3cc---56037485677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamyarsanatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasaruwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d56fc5fc6d54cee827958c1cec3a19fa/jovakarepegorugas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/vofixaxamada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs60to70.com/clients/3/32/32806278e47d7e4d905c37b1d6ebf04a/File/65146655690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51e4963603ba18d0f096b2cabe4e9179/kibexosijekegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33npjoubhhpvi8ih0rhghuje54/56446645162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c6e18e27a82e43b1af0fdd5a9a36ecf/kuwijulisakamitubega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74819f2d06---gejufavobiwupud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0cf456d41a---musovinakutotilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8daf3845d8a40e1fb3b79a63bcea5d46/61914125808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galsabino.it/userfiles/files/rutosatesolevufixoxofipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/dowegilububem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dumamazumokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=why+i+wrote+the+crucible+answersPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a5ab668d4540fe66b851f7ba352db7/84983743436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000106b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B5 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 094beeeb316b4545d14e283e952ab948f96e37ed542cc69cb70741b1bdb8300f
font_01_sfnt_off00013311.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13311 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B28 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 6ff9ef2c8b2cfc88b2050879459253a8cdcfe9808751135febf4bb166e350919