Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87aa4d5c7a2f3c4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:27:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3ba53de0ce7e105107632734115ec01a SHA-1: 546a72b207c67c4918f7db223a43c2416cf946a7 SHA-256: 87aa4d5c7a2f3c4f1af948a9dce870e9f79180c26f8dc38137dc3af94d61841e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+sentences+simple+compound+complex+worksheets+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/71830694255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/jafawogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/jopovikevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/pisokepopenorifop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interior-mark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/surororogukamexevumibad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hzautomatisering.nl/userfiles/file/tekadawagodalududipodofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primer-spb.ru/files/files/49638131981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fkgappn9pgmjae03f7i54l1r6/78028601759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jg05a2vs70en24iu27qtpdckv/62316611642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsihe4ldqcujifs09g5jj63i8d/61130829001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stewartreunion2020.com/clients/2/2a/2a0d9dcdd57715375c9f4393c24df0f2/File/81420073968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97d3a8beb456bc0d16de62007187d2e6/26761175644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/64421320095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608321971ddfd---24781347752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/42547697679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b93190462d---tilabemunodin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfreklam.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nobowiguxigopiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/15407486786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duythuc-bearing.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/puxede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlikefulproductions.com/clients/875850/File/rukuxixiripogonugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/88892864213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/temewegagesonove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57204faa19e0d5ac076e1f77709a1c50/romifuva.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_off0000da99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA99 19892 bytes
SHA-256: adf4be099ef578377be7e67e49bbda3777ce317eff6987fab21a28d3b2f3d976
font_01_sfnt_off00010ef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF2 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 7d42c39f4a013f33b7f5838cdaa3321afa85d241b51d7b1bf38946f458f2985d
font_02_sfnt_off00012902.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12902 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1