Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87411c248e716e63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 02:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ab9195382f3efa8eeede9924737f008c SHA-1: 9a97e955f8aa27084633106b59b60e12d2462740 SHA-256: 87411c248e716e6367906810e1f83937c409e045df1ae94e7084104d35f80813
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the linked sites suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=teoremas+y+postulados+de+algebra+booleana+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be91642f99d---74753418174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6027141293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/79758105260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ec2352384---tebaliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tf2rjr1k39vjlbkevlnlb8n832/56327891471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/12106298056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091fb847d7df---30166737350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/2733807657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076948691c09---sudefegaligujufipukiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bcdbecfcf---46693437455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8739061cfd4f9168027dd395bc77314c/39252739986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3bdf1a2316---67496936841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaoakland.com/uploads/files/93553284523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d35f15088d---29320952772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/80044847081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e50acede2---2715881330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medizator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40538357558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aee0eb900cb772ddbb7ab02531dcbdc1/saditutepuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinacomvietnam.vn/uploads/news_file/36708593142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/983af080fa879254f904b2593d62a9a0/85568125967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb3f1a1d0b1852d406a633fe3af88fd/53111481796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc20dc5ef3---53792391704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/gobovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/damonarozavodumazafagezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4de4426f4409ed83604d6d35f234fc33/rusuketanijobufabizovud.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_off0000e544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE544 19440 bytes
SHA-256: 6493b77a43ddbc66b5e8011d6644926a7388ad876e6786ef29b6f168b73e4f55
font_01_sfnt_off00011633.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11633 11064 bytes
SHA-256: e7d544097f95e8d294ed9e71a6ca2b7c111cea922cd736803511dd3c823f05e2
font_02_sfnt_off00012f95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1