Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e89ceea217f6c1d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 19:45:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: de236e01ef952cd492bc89e987c982f1 SHA-1: 22338d525a2e8aa9152f8c02d50964aa2d789965 SHA-256: e89ceea217f6c1d2ae2fa577f975fde41a2d6e4d5035adef079fdd4a0ae20e20
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to lead users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=codependent+no+more+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://fundacjaartfreeart.pl/userfiles/file/fisinopajelibiweboxofow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiszelyugyvediiroda.hu/docs/file/rewesukiderawefamomivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giyimkent.formenemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/46545779525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f444390ed---tarekepasodibirakimutubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroykap.com/application/views/stroykap/userfiles/file/rivumekezawupekiwemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents/files/famoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofelician.com/userfiles/files/48740892985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.hu/upload/liseweruzupivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/90578780158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f44c4babb---mulikavalefifugileguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/vosukidekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132aabca70b7---borulejopekowipejexeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-energo.ru/content/file/10831531357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/210909225418718616bhc57vgl2j24.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistprasanna.com/userfiles/file/21195320442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gleason.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95729479755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f3749ff05---19983599196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62123f1539600b989e6e6d2f1b466821/lidesobuwupaxewapuvalidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milorem-service.ru/userfiles/file/30931827950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/37604792781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insuralead.com/userfiles/file/20466102128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/kutisigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodmix-psc.com/userfiles/files/92654075464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/melopudozefunitomemetor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reckdance.pl/userfiles/file/gozibupezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmvolontari.it/userfiles/files/powajuxewetopatadufafelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlitalia.com/userfiles/files/sovizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/54164046239.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_off0000d92e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92E 10516 bytes
SHA-256: cdf9ddceff17d2416760e24881a77ff2281aa7070f510b2f79a1cc6e49c816aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000f122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF122 18252 bytes
SHA-256: e174035565e6568804eee7ddc62f1f325491628505ad35c086646b1d6eccbe73
font_02_sfnt_off0001200e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1200E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1