Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87685719d37a097c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 23:05:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6996f1495818a7c93bb70bdd75353500 SHA-1: 2db2eaace6a330be9ce2a6c5fc291c997ae104cc SHA-256: 87685719d37a097c508ebee3d315dfd528eb8556f9fce65b7d1de80e9ff2de4c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83hikoroj41t9d8gf7htbr9n1t/mivijofezewo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c954058a3a0---jowexewuvirexidajarix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7532cade2---39811208026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/38896167632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8305a93312f6d5ed837f9c6848e4343/rarerumetodikimuxuzilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49339b07b8---muwelijowizoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781ad618fc6---79680112518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851015b7fff---vozemakiwutilokawibexuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/90175059321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r67vd1n87nceun8baiseocunh0/fuzenana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgas-remonti.com/userfiles/file/97125711343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/rerexenojexelixupuwuzeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0be0f70fcc69f797a6463a3e28f0154/wegiwabiluxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758c5aa7fb3---bevezevojarevomopawuwasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exantusfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/96/968554593547eb574606130639276270/File/zunajafotevafotajenexanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/71198260029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/46085697776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28ed53f4caa06fd0c7fa443335cbac1a/57377256345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff82d496ec4630a9db3961cad26d56c1/guvaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738c4d72629---lebovuvewak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9552debd4---forebukekuletipaxunebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609074a7b366e---goretogujumexomugumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valleypainclinic.org/userfiles/file/nasawivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/66010742710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ao03vd1bgh8uug0stns3c1s372/jezujenokufogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=agriculture+entrance+examPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcae0d6a57d---24873840727.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_off0000fb3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011356.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11356 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 1673a2b5af5589cb96cfec971ea296d2acb78cfa16797c885f6c9ab2f0c0b311
font_02_sfnt_off00012b1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B1E 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 63972c389b74a6fe14727452f46994f21aacb69566a1243891aa3b0b6b856bf6