Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c89459c4fdd15ac8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.8 KB Created: 2021-07-12 16:25:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1a76c5db4737c92368ef89a4ee33d2b7 SHA-1: 8d6aa1c8eeddc22dba143a2fe039b665543659bd SHA-256: c89459c4fdd15ac83afd856fe642e404b32a75aa08dad08bd225911a8f7ce925
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or distributing further malware. The PDF structure itself is also flagged for containing duplicate object bodies, a common obfuscation technique in malicious PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=democracy+and+development+in+africa+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://tasivn.com/upload/ck/files/303100746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13a017c17d---felemudekusexosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0377a5ea345ccd50db6cebd8e3d64a5/xavedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/87991564608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11108d7859---52163208002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/59761911337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saam.vn/images/content/file/dixotavikenelenirusojapan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggh6ub2su8mvp8pt43aho0bsj8/58424462995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39b36d9ba83753ed211dc4be54de6578/tosotavavoxareserisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/40145500758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae113fa6f7b---47739978639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be511be7283047524d54d393f7dba50f/fikozijavakawuwufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19eed7bb502307c1b15c1d9aaf3bef4b/vavezaraxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gfqnhn26dhgnann5if4gbempq/72745988435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnrhc.com/clients/9/98/980d61ede38c9a35fe3396fb65651545/File/milixusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b5cf7eeec---gomironidakizuxoxogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfb57e3e79e---tapawepotosojiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21426198007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c952a3c0a0aad9e6a6f906e4032253b7/kixogokimodoxidoxapulozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9190cde291---xenojutavowolafulazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c7f5b59ed1c89c2cfa8f4d73c0fc77a/68410933262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/56549882052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c4fdd7348b9cb78e38468a3807ee466/16159704243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikoi-es.club/yamituki-n/uploads/files/munovebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m572uqvqa7pnf6e0jvb3ombm1f/dadenuzozurefidawaj.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_off000159ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000171c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171C5 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 00ae48406b16cddf8300a4b862378e85571f7c17dd2b71beb8940c5ef1f38bdb
font_02_sfnt_off00018a94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A94 17464 bytes
SHA-256: 081fade3b8bcb970df72712ba04c32efe396d0c2db74d3d30519192539e6a3b6