Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87718165eaeabb6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-08-18 13:24:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 832b37e375dc99ad7dca7c32e8e90dbc SHA-1: fa34f303a76aae06800e05d681f6a60c1cdabece SHA-256: 87718165eaeabb6a716774ea6d664f12c1850dfcd0ddd32a75f2b6c60feb2c78
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=respuestas+del+libro+de+formacion+civica+y+etica+3+grado PDF link annotation
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/muvix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f48c08cdca7---68028724791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c4f2a2ef2---95666348543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pratikchoudhury.com/fckimages/file/lizuselisalodifabuzovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a8ab85bb4da743a56d95811bd0cc322/38170135256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/doziwoxofef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908b6a48837---19824493904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/dizarenejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/kazapobilokakamijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.neosynapses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9c3kog0ug6nchk5b0blkjjtcg/bajusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7b6e61482---31108037425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/82386075763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/63601500233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119fb1eb763f---vexujagugaxuwejowew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moranirupusuvemoxesofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7e0f73b3a---siduwawitesenuxumomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/jugonegugezafafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vefm5l7qdfr9ah3a1jkufhk752/33245811917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/tazusozomutoxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofahatinh.com/upload/files/65469075044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evopizza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61376809198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bd8bd06fd---zexelajamomenawejosezidik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/84923345213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c029dbd9d5d1bed72bf69c05244b3afd/84144988807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/18857621534.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_off0000cac9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAC9 11600 bytes
SHA-256: df03e85e4856ed77baca35335e79bc965ccad723cd1464b34fd76971e5457ace
font_01_sfnt_off0000e601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE601 18076 bytes
SHA-256: bc6794af11c8fb45d194f4f625add9a548a5e72753536cc9ea6d9fbd5e3834f6
font_02_sfnt_off000112a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1