Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a989cb14ec1745fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5c65e5e81c9ff3dfd337b8111485972d SHA-1: 7d2f0d20afe4f4c3feec8932acf6cff7950a788f SHA-256: a989cb14ec1745fb502729ba23d95128432581f1480e4d6bedebc74758550ee7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous external PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the use of compromised or disposable hosting for malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/9036583001.pdf
    • http://519pf.com/userfiles/files/merivupuxoxumetu.pdf
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/pitafuzovud.pdf
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/45740674420.pdf
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/lujijajoporejedusujew.pdf
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfcp69416pbs0f276kepgcfoec/27012407702.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/80984677395.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d07e02974d03546c66c2381197c1b9ea/xewuziladewizuleful.pdf
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/siwefepomikekovevurane.pdf
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3754add1ef9c99a571bfcdcb6adf789/xexid.pdf
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d49cf6713c---11317716119.pdf
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851e04428c3---70020024269.pdf
    • http://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/zedap.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b3e925eee---36397991971.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e26a053af---94059279765.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607288abb1265---57845676130.pdf
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/81287766935.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aa0548096acf5556856bd061ed39708/51528193786.pdf
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965bc5f37ee---13442017342.pdf
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3798f96a6a07c2f53680f8c76f2a42a8/50564094508.pdf
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210605_233217.pdf
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a916cb36a25---lawuvufibo.pdf
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/tividetejawulize.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=do+narwhals+lay+eggs
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f91e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF91E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011130.bin
656e6cd63fbef4a9aa7bcb3de7ad7972724c2cfe8966e59a41ae27a537c008d7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11130 16804 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c83.bin
a19312611f6627192253d26e11ff33fc159a2b0d43a3905cf8023cf01cb1530c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C83 10400 bytes