Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b89d483233377ab1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 13:52:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d4fabadc2d1d8cfb682c7ccce0320811 SHA-1: 0716e4a314afd97c2c76cc69ffd6be4b593b557e SHA-256: b89d483233377ab1ea1cbc0b89598d42642fef8e681f031fb22e950539efab2f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure of downloading a malicious payload, likely disguised as a software update.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • 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://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/72989784004.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c721ae24667b6855b491d0a7de8da72/49341742237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786d30ec25c---bebijijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b89c97bec2ef9d79cd350bcd03b7c6ba/zegegudajenetajuvakugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079485a6d109---49912725170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/tirofunaxozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f809cf333---zozufiwoxajekates.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/21625669282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retta-bg.com/userfiles/90898210770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivaflo-south.in/userfiles/files/bawararunedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thucphamtruongxanh.com/Upload/files/8171172683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40517148611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/zusisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098aacb86faf---wolelab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed24a8a2edfe0f7996bcee3b1ec5facd/xelutorejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33a1fc425a2059798b931ecdb93cc655/67248631427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/ruvobemafojujujavopoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/nujarafofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/093dce06e8f34f4b1ced9ddbe62dfe27/26471011938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aa80ca2fe---17709170035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/419619832cd6a81013cf88031df17c88/jukeridixumep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents//files/28105504644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e399b226f1---19741343213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hs61vc8ft2ksb15hrphk54q8a/xebutuxumajuredojeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c725d037d91b536d415aedc176631e9/tubimixixowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=download+java+jre+7+32+bit+windowsPDF 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_off00012862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12862 23796 bytes
SHA-256: b52c05a1cf5ed3fef0392ae43baf923d2468e794d225f31f70300c102c0b4e4e
font_01_sfnt_off0001626b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1626B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017a82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A82 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 934a36d370eb085e7bc9a33ee17ddff9b81aab5be6c42b792fd9f566db735aa6