Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f89720e1f69433bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 21:56:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d48a1f93040836a8ff511822aa9185da SHA-1: ccff2a8a06c55771196cece6398db3750ca11a46 SHA-256: f89720e1f69433bcf824e62f2a41d6259eadc900622d7d905981e33bf980c393
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection or exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ultimate+spider+man+free+episodes PDF link annotation
    • http://etalentlink.com/uploadfile/file///2021090612093675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portamarioarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/42276292449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/megawoterevikepumomutuvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e4d72839e---bumasedozefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecresconsolidamentorestauro.it/fck_data/file/tovopimufuwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/85777731292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/mulofaremitujekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.com/Sites/cds/files/zaxeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgp-puh.hr/fck_media/file/wolelumeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.milestonesmn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudetefikobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopubemajijasuzumefije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/41469290609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduoconline.com/userfiles/image/file/jagakidig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/malodetumotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1666-3668.com/attach/userfiles/file/97323385430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortwashington.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/lawukove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/rofabulubeluguziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d8771b18d7---41499724158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spandoekland.nl/userfiles/file/fofofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2cb4f05e4---97497086589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/198540958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/paxufiseguwabirelafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/70575208173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140068159a09---13799502069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabic.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimemavesusabaji.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_off0000bf3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF3F 10668 bytes
SHA-256: e225e25bb7f8f76c895b05b2760b1be934ffb0c8c3a61ba4e221a34b06e943e5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d79c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79C 19280 bytes
SHA-256: fd9a72f7964e9211c8b51366540cbd859712c0b44f79624a06d5c4887f1750be
font_02_sfnt_off00010978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10978 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1