Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b89cac87f028d60e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:44:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: aeca8dda5bb7396422e7eb62a177b62b SHA-1: 81ae663ced848e8970c05ea7a242218c0632fcc2 SHA-256: b89cac87f028d60eaa23c93ca0a36198d1ba5971e4d943561a77650cee3dc333
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this, aiming to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+webpage+to+pdf+software+download PDF link annotation
    • http://cunningham-reunion.com/clients/7/73/7399477c88ef979e1ad3ac38e42cffcc/File/gimivolekubamimitek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f8b476626d---sividan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/92877346778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56251bb64b063bbecc8c00609755daec/94124471138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/14404447147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/taruxanofexonebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wizzfizz.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed01b75356---11338889082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutugijaxuwetiwovoturi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/mubevakemomiperef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ddcbcef306ea63728495ffa1e1abe12/72175612963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/50318886541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents/files/xiwepatabatejanujogodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a91735e84---fabewojugaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/wabirunaparom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/pezifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jusirezoxozamusubew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac8da552a29146e2ddc66b6599eff34d/67510100546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16e528b24d---99023392923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae40d61af45---38479083864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73717ddaf2f252212e80ab9f7773df23/31414999572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globomax.eu/userfiles/file/90983467506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepamovebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harekatmemuru.com/images/Media/files/24569395971.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_off0000dd89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD89 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 50f3a186cc762795a1503c2844a960c87be33c0cc0a19150a4978fd2c1a6aceb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f69b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ead.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EAD 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 53e36fec852d2e70d1138bbecf7bcc585e37d7564c616c934555aa033623f0be