Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0987fe5947e1d2ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-11-01 06:58:16 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: ae0100087aab4366d91e011dee9126d6 SHA-1: f4befd5954c70c34bc873af34a2b9e4d8dfa8505 SHA-256: 0987fe5947e1d2ee2e992d0683a2413c1dfc9813d9577c7c512320e9e4950757
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics confirms the document's primary function is to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/vikifolukukomalisikefun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jvcc.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/210930092222280342n6ka8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/35693130400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karatenarrewarren.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59415717683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f0412acc472459fae40794351653813/pojul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616e6f83e2820---dujewirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/16875130144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/98788702978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppntassone.it/dati/upload/file/51753265200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/957599996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/230923997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161482c0a6d095---xekojutakezanego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joesservicecenternj.com/userfiles/files/wibujabifolusitidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/33756120105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantalife.nl/userfiles/file/nixasarazuzosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dighakanchaninternational.com/FCKeditor/file/96728773245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150001.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210914122153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f2ce1f714---jumobabigobimiwagewuxakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/dutigapabixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16177062b825a6---15192361638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a1c65256f1---22256550366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/85529326493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/Z3ufxtS7Wvw/uplcv?utm_term=borders+by+thomas+king+questions+and+answersPDF link annotation
    • https://b2cdemo.tickets.com/content/files/zorusawozatugipi.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_off0000e6bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fed1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED1 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 23c769138c4831f32b48bc8176fb96c2244ea870625083f5069a84076ffb0a15
font_02_sfnt_off00012e1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E1F 11380 bytes
SHA-256: fdf29752367fde344fa5ddba3bbca0e9c4e7c52a7478472ab1d393cbd5aca82a