Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e89011323fa92515…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:06:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 1eb003484f38e8187e5e7cf69397162f SHA-1: 82d1b44814c648117aafa28375a9b844d3ea1d86 SHA-256: e89011323fa92515551c7a3d1d13547b11a5693ceb61f8e8010b6d6895ded53a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the download or redirecting the user to the malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786e311dbcd---gezijujotiwulo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/fedatuvevutasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/13144325118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d8447955dc7f66a982c57f17294ef5e/zajufuvaseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4da6dd44d05ca8c547b340f9d8f9660/59233852526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/sopeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/55478626149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b77ecfbcb934450aadaa303e2f03914b/xudopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6v9u6lu53iumbh3n38gh8sul8o/fifemagidanapexop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/18383891859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/12575647397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://npkfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/40117836434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.vn/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/56305624909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/tipukupolinefafowanoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sintsprev-ms.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jigemunuripofurejew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gjbbang.com/userData/board/file/67939449534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e7295bbe8---35325127575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1f1c544879---lalofijenapijunipelarofar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wasekoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4sontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/75958773134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saaretravel.ee/images/file/80409476153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2eb9b172e3---90725236545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents//files/31329164003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=prepositions+worksheets+for+grade+10+pdfPDF 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_off0000d6f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F0 11084 bytes
SHA-256: dd3123e93a4da30d77f8f77c28612e5d8bea2eb557aa81477de76f9a1fdb120e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B2 18732 bytes
SHA-256: 1321d3e055607d860774cd5f58916c75c9787a116baa4ea58c227e734f7b6f96