Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0887716cffbd6b2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:30:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 779c2355df1e5ba503b0a617d7ba4675 SHA-1: e84ff35b495bde7d70446b67671a702fe93fcd50 SHA-256: 0887716cffbd6b2ee219e3d438876610ca9e26debd4381c6cb90a5a36510e8a2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, designed to redirect users to further malicious content. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads, suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e926dfe1c786a4bff319b181c7cfb5f5/befagovokal.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fdeef413e---bewujokimosatumu.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c370fce73b6---82986398923.pdf
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9rtunfi433c3ke8g8bf8r0qvp/22129625449.pdf
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077842d547a0---45009901459.pdf
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xepedove.pdf
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071453a9a6c6---29656195638.pdf
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160935e2988189---wobiriziboronig.pdf
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdd93c5e87ec1134929cd334b64bfcfd/sajovopoxifevo.pdf
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/10932296323.pdf
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/maranomugiked.pdf
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/civ82j8ts4s5ujfsqofjvkhekd/62292896556.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608faafee7551---bipasenij.pdf
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/9471663287.pdf
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/tobumipamidimojuku.pdf
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/tarubumedukopolibalitos.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfcbb97b49---72198761742.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u779nm9k86qpam3uac629oo10g/26889882538.pdf
    • http://sunnysideclassof64.com/clients/a/ac/acc4ccb49d7935ca36198347b895393e/File/nonutunuwozudivofe.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9jqlud0dj57tc3jcbc7vsh8o4/dibogorijujolifo.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085294418ddf---22955307877.pdf
    • http://ydtmuhendislik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91372679.pdf
    • https://santevita-bg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumibexezedepopenorinime.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+see+your+dms+on+instagram
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd8b.bin
036f7eaca5765ffdadfd131aed613ed0d8ed7d4e1ec7f9df89bf73e36770448c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD8B 10836 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011661.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11661 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e73.bin
b5bde5c4150e672c902871faaf7580b591263177ab4f2ec89c839349d6cac78e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E73 16968 bytes