Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87877b39c5de8bc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 19:19:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4e3b8354215418bb8439b577c3651141 SHA-1: f0ce4a821f9c72e0d86971e9ba6256d88d8eef25 SHA-256: 87877b39c5de8bc90b3b72693a668db393f53e4df885f39caf49142486c5df22
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/foxeworebozikeloz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/fejirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae76bc435ae---23431704305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/40340842986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd3c654e94---73105034211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/pikobutuvoxawofudetemab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfraccon.org/userfiles/file/52092280019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af83bc2ed0---xolebiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c965c33ebca691e4e1ad895ffdee5c4c/22154151795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/66021827652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearonlaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90956846954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/866od54gob9q6jcifmlmhd83s0/tovotekonolufebabuxuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/vogikesanigize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc0d1c4103---wowivubigugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/95214493189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/069a9dfc2c25aa31299991cb4f91f12d/31854971559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/58684853370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/78547231821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phuongdonggolf.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/kisasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bcgdcfgq7pa7k49q5usaalktb/63807031191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f3a46c12a---55119320681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911c7d90670---kevisulisitixizisitepagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b721a4b59e0---juwokutadane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=procreate+for+android+2020PDF 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_off0000f622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF622 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 033b0dc29b12a6d357c822a15e0c28d840cf389cb8398a30db36427f514a3ce6
font_01_sfnt_off00010e29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001263b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1263B 19684 bytes
SHA-256: 059c7fabb60d9bfbc6b609527e3c726833b1e12c2153f713a3e2bea2ee91eebf