Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c89a361637364d1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:34:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a2eb3bb23ec5c55817d2e8ea63205541 SHA-1: e9bfde3110087543ff1662f9629ea9eb8bed425e SHA-256: c89a361637364d1c0d59fd41afd8d809ae04e9bfbc55e697f01f5e14e59d8579
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. Numerous external URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, indicating a likely phishing or redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=study+smart+techniques+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://graphicyazd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kezezigidani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e62dc27b47479183a294dfbf943c4e12/takiwemonagugisemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c8be171bc---rewugidetolaripugitamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9784e1ea30---1248484271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-esc.net/user_img/files/89742975830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1atssgmfpadvnn846qbuit44mh/16352690539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6ba7da880---88005372283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f47g7dlqo0b709il5mm4rqa1ct/gujavixewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedcollisionrepair.com/home/cert/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaxifisofawanejekitej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51490031906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fornacedelia.it/userfiles/files/guwovanegalenevuruwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021791758552502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suphammamnon.org/uploads/files/texigamuxerupotiduvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/nososofotazifaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusiongrup.ro/userfiles/file/83216255430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123be687eacf---42282281038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergey-yushkov.com/pict/file/82342295821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2377b89cf9---26855292519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivho7a4vpih4mi4ll2be9ela3o/gisufefubisopalepomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuwidafag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8grj5ovotrprg84bd6anj2su60/fijivab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e111db9fb35b40f3ff6b2f7f9111a778/zupibululalujavobugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/29428297030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87612d5dae89f8a6a1f5eb5068119763/setemapedalebirugaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/fanadixesegenubakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2067e608be00fca4c55279999d27772f/xabupipino.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_off0000fa7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA7B 11152 bytes
SHA-256: bcf4f9307eb5e2d140322061ad65c850c76e1f6fc4ade5ae66a8b69e01426653
font_01_sfnt_off00011427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11427 17616 bytes
SHA-256: b5949c16cfa4b082d38c8d6a6238c160478b25eef9e6cb48a17c113abe2b8cbd
font_02_sfnt_off00014148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14148 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1