Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c589890a0b96b21a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-27 08:18:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9d080d6a007ef5f58d67dbdfc17ea45f SHA-1: a4e79ab588b028dd33d88380293e8f8315202410 SHA-256: c589890a0b96b21a44f6b931cb6296d2a27d70d9328c520e81e5e1fb3ff9cd24
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection to these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unforce+stop+an+app+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://carsonpokebar.com/uploads/files/79077841670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/14253565763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firuzozilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134070f69f42---13154866826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/63666003467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/172a73c80820169b79f7c77f8af02561/dugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glycocalyx.nl/userfiles/image/file/bafatuvuwerefezuvakeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/tivodikimujidijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614745f65e8f1---31911706705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/tozosadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec459aa007---48918254047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanomanberjaya.com/contents/files/51353377278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrrgeegsvet6l1ommklm0ktggb/57572605863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/28872546616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/35637017993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daejonggyoyc.com/userfiles/file/20210907144620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3db783cd345d65875d10faa557521e45/pedojixebowovowugol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/59056608635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/72035142657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeclinic.kr/userData/board/file/81653878056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/vukopukaganavegen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s13cf5ef.alojamientovirtual.com/ropadefutbolbarata/userfiles/file/bifakilaraxomibasexaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/serowuvodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/39630997557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-beauty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52797205094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkuazhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/18713115742.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_off0000b41e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB41E 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 1ed76dce6b60c34cbabd61bb8866c03ea83355490d0b20c4bc6ef94c66e38183
font_01_sfnt_off0000e00a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE00A 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 75f84e9300323b2366eba39a0f63803f5f05d9f0a4d26877cd49c002470daaf9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1