Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87906c47d974db87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:07:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 786bc5b8edd46f4c75454446364db1ab SHA-1: e10c3b4076db70901e9d0ab6a9e7595768bbe367 SHA-256: 87906c47d974db874eb5031d50f0e0470d2ffca15c5ebac676580f4cf4865893
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to trick users into downloading files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cdcb6ed17c---kujefipufilodev.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/revibudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bueaaq9dl8oduoggicc65mlusi/jerobazafafilotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcea198b23b20e460ab02cbc8226c2a1/bikiwukumimewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fccc196ca715309e1211f6570599bed5/ludemugesapuzojegulegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/75875688595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/sisilenapizutinapojamitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2448a70f93c11ea0f475415bd8c28bee/46834817341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/57450064837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a7f18d92f---vadiberapisevalopojexesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16081e071b8472---83813427730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c0fc0683f---16981843683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/202156349507920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61055ac76ce48bf0e027adcd5b9f1550/2324227832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddaengshop.com/ckupload/files/wanupekibajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/879a1368b6ab8a6373b46404efcd6d21/powipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fed4ca146aeee9b44b7f6d02a56e0ba3/87323700092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1979.net/clients/65916/File/zelavuwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088959b5332a---1236110610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/844de69e640be6456d75c69392df98e5/95253626956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/11474706518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/95523815337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5f33965e845de711a331cad6c3875ff/tazudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/49578819769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b6616d1343253fc5faf371b3b80ca3d/fimozamiveketu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+email+one+page+from+pdf+filePDF 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_off0000ed5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001056f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1056F 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 40e5d10e89dea2f61a6f1177e7ac26a3f2067ddccffbe0428453a85cd6f947ea
font_02_sfnt_off0001315a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1315A 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 2c1bd88fc3f489182c4662db00c5598c50b94ac4e381967acaac350d8a66989c