Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b89e339e475c48fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.9 KB Created: 2021-07-26 04:46:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 298286411a8f4bff46c9bf847beb36bb SHA-1: cf9e5ad8048590eab94c5ffd0e0d2e07d32c7b9e SHA-256: b89e339e475c48fb06d619855f741340d746b1203798a90dbe14823774e14123
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of using compromised infrastructure for distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/918c472a27f5fd8db4fc07056d585e41/7881822095.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/zopuvebuvikipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6280473cb8---37747716100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/sokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/88651433216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/wemegutoxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqohmsdhfbr5eo0p43c03opcp9/wajipumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/jogawitulivelamerejafifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diclenakliyat.com/userfiles/file/tiwowejinigerovipaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/gujiwuvolozoxexineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/92691548002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidbtwcreunion.com/clients/5/52/52e94d62e82ff66504c7d921fc07bf70/File/zobobojewafejefatepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gt-outillages.fr/ressource/site-image/files/957106285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzwigipoznan.pl/userfiles/file/zevekolosatozinofulakexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4d5840bedc296cdf2859372b353ef53/77551274839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/35427453915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/48804605463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1imv8oa2s19id1n4ap4lnnnt7/domosivofaditum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyansdugunsalonu.com/userfiles/files/todifegenal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/for463fvhoji03obp2augg17tf/69772800959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8346b930a7---kexasononero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2f1b8e5f5---90262044596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///tepusupavopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+program+a+clicker+garage+door+opener+keypadPDF 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_off00014130.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14130 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 77724fa01fd4a8d0d46d749bb71ca8dfee4a443ec7683764357f01afb5d60816
font_01_sfnt_off00016de6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000185fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x185FD 10972 bytes
SHA-256: de09974f300fb3104de0e0905e9e8df3084c6d654922c2c8856001cc4397daed