Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 287c665c0cf56804…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 05:25:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 04fb2f88a9abcf88e6b3753173146480 SHA-1: 30bd78ed37c669544775c4b106795ec43704787d SHA-256: 287c665c0cf56804b404bf0927c042f503f982af812b7fa152a7ac08dfa4e864
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, a common technique for hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs are designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content.

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 http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f53f8ddb3---38588126202.pdf
    • https://harmony-lazienka.pl/Upload/file/36421505684.pdf
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefabosigobiw.pdf
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/luvagoninafij.pdf
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/92018610626.pdf
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn---42-5cdakyymnnb9ake1az.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vikomilezo.pdf
    • http://phanvienphianam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/lofekolomumopufozew.pdf
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/93896017507.pdf
    • http://mercuresamuichaweng.com/admin/file/sekasikaxu.pdf
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393e6269849---xorowusupi.pdf
    • https://manage4.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/kotaragilepikekov.pdf
    • http://keystoparadise.com/userfiles/files/laxigujitabubu.pdf
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/69716460811.pdf
    • http://ashole.hu/UserFiles/File/bezamubam.pdf
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///97317522752.pdf
    • https://satesayap.com/contents/files/pofixomazojinixaboj.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6lumullkb2mc7t913k96etk5l9/fizemipadopopasik.pdf
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43498038612.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386c072c1f7---movoxiwudidenubo.pdf
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/gugixenekuzeloriwevav.pdf
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.lastrada.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/tafibesimoweludediluver.pdf
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/xatejoxibojojomere.pdf
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/tariwuzomoritatikelal.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613075d98d81f---pibidijozuratuwo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=s+pen+games+note+20
    • 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_off0000be1e.bin
f4f65d4a19b4fe53fd84840ad03c73eab7d777019f1c9e0a330943ba04bef237
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE1E 16328 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7e3.bin
cfcf9cb1360da6d6362546310a4f929bbd6028d6d53ba507672170d334f7539b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E3 10676 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001006b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1006B 16792 bytes