Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87acfd381d4943ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:35:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 641856400d3ce0e7afe1f41923b377dc SHA-1: 924c0cd78bccd54e1c11040e01907f4c5da5a25b SHA-256: 87acfd381d4943ab45aa718aee5b8340b9f313dd58bf13a9f1746456466e0606
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, and a heuristic indicates a deceptive download button lure. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external links, likely to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=me+before+you+read+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://madame-tina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sonewefepugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee895d8625e15cd72f77cb7222999be4/48869953777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/614c97438fc58169d30f382239227dac/39022263885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/mivopoxewezalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ff5dd499b---sapepufidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/rixufepanedawisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energosol.pl/images_cms/file/jomonukowilep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c5e304sqqans6lsrk3tvdsl7/91040646727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad81e40dab1---22243272676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/gozovabegurabago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/880bc7ab08ae0e09ffb352a06814d2be/didimuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a415f9b0b4d---48183434549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bussmann-tiefbau.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mevexixiluwopinukuraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120e04075bf1---litula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://614move.com/clients/4890/File/73474985599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monarchiaerembolt.hu/tmp/lurofokupunurotilozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61001678153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6977cd1dca7e777a62af387d6870b25b/15370126143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210726011421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b462bb2c59c---danezite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69238166817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tid.vn/upload/files/18112100398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents/files/41951549092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dc75e55fa0b4160229a0245b216b937/bosewosizipawimep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f3745c20a---bojexugasuxoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea3bc3adb9b19b490a8a7b888bcb812e/latodowunixowedolamitef.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_off0000f463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF463 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C7A 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 87d309f1043e7258bec4a790704a3fa9aa7563234b61b9f8fbabe3e52aa2e18e
font_02_sfnt_off000123b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B2 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 7a3b29159c2afc68b9a8414a0b2691dab07483c07ed9552944b22db638e96381