Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87155c9396efdb78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:53:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ac78f23793a9173112142a87b8fdd42e SHA-1: f6ed6a0bf042292977ba7b459f18480fbe2f21e3 SHA-256: 87155c9396efdb786b3fc4a3373ab67b01f7d16a5f9a9f9c772824fd0b36265d
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 and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent. The embedded URLs are likely used to host phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=intent+put+extra PDF link annotation
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319f5388526---bironotobelopugozuneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/xawebixaxugoxozabume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvanco.be/docs/files/zijibofenazoxixesojelufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio.com/contents/files/figekufonenogepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/mefusigijuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicofrisoli.com/userfiles/files/32338685316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/savad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365d3864d75---zabawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/97152033236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akoseq9f.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/lakuwesewejoxifeferi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/natosidaporebukemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a642a2cbc---ropuwipidotube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e22703aa4b---26102786952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/zoxikonesesarudevet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/vusego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/81946641249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141acfbd4fa8---bopawanamosipif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426444dde3e---zagobopeguwixiwagarevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnau9nocu04nt3vi0m1pfsv8r0/geruvivadipodivulesofeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88ce804ab2ebb595bf0c05b2b8a075cb/47108410037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutka.pl/media/upload/files/97d470ecc0c6e5b66fdde76dd6a1214a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esllearningbydesign.com/app/webroot/files/file/49754683650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/32349415301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/moxewapotoduxuxomusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340d90a7930---difedaxewufitixesalap.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_off0000d258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD258 19420 bytes
SHA-256: 1edeb06e8a18b576f0bc93e3cd6c30dc63c7c51296c3ebbf167e543e4d59fe69
font_01_sfnt_off0001048d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1048D 9972 bytes
SHA-256: a9ed9a284d8749308fc95db0e220334a594e3165209bb56ebc27436942767ad3
font_02_sfnt_off00011ac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1