Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a89fe1100860ce49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:57:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a2b60061d40c838c7572dd05e359087c SHA-1: 526dbbe0241365dc6d6e5d7bc2c83dc1a43d60e0 SHA-256: a89fe1100860ce49ac24ad2959a684cf153b1e18164e1a95b07416b89be69d1e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics are sufficient to infer a malicious attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pascal%27s+principle+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a9504f1f3---gojozorezofenufub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93bfbbf485092bfd2223ef19228a08ba/53201391391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/37406883930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/99247144177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/momisapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9213d55fa4469048be7aedb646ccc8c/vapomumuzikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cp34f0p3472kiqamrl7fcda6l5/pazizowovakonuxozupav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomisszio.hu/tmp/35170938582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6hlaofusr5opehhjgrcdsfe84/gorej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtegl.wsystem.sk/userfiles/files/8255063066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/nedomopakojubepevixemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/lojuvin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ba9aee4bc45c8d86d50d479c3b868c2/pofebiviwumewej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/51691416766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/77029485050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melhi68.com/clients/69549/File/48406602498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126bee9bbbbd---larufuwidorikotivuzoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/bujamarijeris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072022ef19bb---gasedowasazajisobapedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stimatacasa.eu/userfiles/files/17327950175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmetinternationalschool.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13201495274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/tananebizuxoborumemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804647c1939---74807664402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86e10330aab6db45ac59c1885e14661d/60856569874.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_off0000cc73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC73 10684 bytes
SHA-256: e49b2ca3a281caf1c6dbb8e625d1d4388bd7d9f05c3308b424ffa4c3c74d2aeb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4FC 16276 bytes
SHA-256: 02c3447325e5c6da64d1226e284b276acb03dc92645122176732b9fa7af0373c
font_02_sfnt_off00010edd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1