Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87b36b19884d60d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 11:56:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2edd12eda412238601d261ff3d7d1703 SHA-1: d955128f3dff45422220084083dfaa15cb79c3cc SHA-256: 87b36b19884d60d818c22fad8c87996486548367e6ff12ff7f75622c3dda2d9e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, being image-heavy with a click-outward action and containing numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or facilitate further compromise. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a downloader or phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b781e5adec38395f9af4e3bb7c48bc0/lonukesikomirexit.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba742447f26515afa44de7ab9e1ba199/pisubotorekapur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dni0f1891goe20dqdcml5i8jvq/1678458669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents//files/54080560708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/74220719431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735369533f7---11422193289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/411f6re1u0v2h0a80b2eme4lsj/25538649675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/793da565d641074f47a32403e4d9440b/38516589461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ced0a862f6---10397035183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77678d44ec7d041576a5e68018499385/47764816810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5d3861666---pojoxadajozomulam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/34160212357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/49405562311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8f19f47143e195e01270fd9faa6b315/vowuwinujutug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumputhijau.com/contents//files/4648700679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkdesign.ee/userfiles/file/jusowafidelenaxasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5926717219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/nidanadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7239af5ab2afeb8915684ffb0c94c33/mojononuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/7164096201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/muvewogogawufonopojixeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents//files/viwipofunirebujaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/68501079572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48iltl4eh8m04pinn2i0hu4ek5/xisokiset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=6.2+chord+properties+answersPDF 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_off0000b139.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB139 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c94b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC94B 14032 bytes
SHA-256: a8b915c2df2150585af8927c78ade762f4b765c57a83c8544479ab6a999746d0
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB40 10908 bytes
SHA-256: eaeb133c7a4fa5faf827922c925f79edd350fe698df0b113e7469776d5506caf