Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87201f70692dd740…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:09:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 8680636c7caf28caf9c2d1a39b92a859 SHA-1: acd20bbc6c78e63ec23715870eb369945e565f54 SHA-256: 87201f70692dd740dfbaa6ed05ab130c0c5dbe095cb15be086e12f80cbbb702a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and link farms suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a lure to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abe4c046b56bc1116d4b7767d731b5c6/vejebaje.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bbeedb0bc8---94596543031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2d377e71fdce4f8dd38a709cb624a96/lixopoxirojipogepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kinoteatr.ru/sadm_files/filaranob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/xuwolevademuditisexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/devijuvujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/wezujedijosuguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/40333158380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089abb76e3c5---samopojotarujil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/2002144208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2263092c942d71e4de37623e9b16b14e/79636357975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9188f65bdc3a7194854d0e6b28824f65/xonomoduxavoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozuruwazanojumaron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd5d335582---xanazobitojutonebenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/73250380925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njn7amr7k77nvbq6a3qtvtsi36/73094277983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38180575332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vngqvasaj0skb7sdrmfdp71uic/wosejatejirupifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee45bef2cc0a29a760dcddc6bf3704ef/bavofidamoxokifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalonetours.com/userfiles/files/fojenuladavojajujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/96684515871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachnguyenvancu.com/Images_upload/files/xovedudupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=last+year+nda+question+paper+with+solution+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d3dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3DC 17384 bytes
SHA-256: 49774ef7295082f9731c5e482c2dd1967707afffc70625d3da5b14167ac356ba
font_01_sfnt_off00010078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10078 11000 bytes
SHA-256: a436f173042d1194a4418bceaf8fed8bc193d85e1998c137cbf18207d8663d59
font_02_sfnt_off000119d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1