Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87b7c3cd47bbda06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 01:47:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a2521c291bde57112a9965922324ae17 SHA-1: b10b8f39d27048310382dc1ede6c4d065e5670b1 SHA-256: 87b7c3cd47bbda065c9074878d6d4b6722c34e024697bd3dddf3d9b46375a256
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No document body text was extracted, but the heuristics and URLs are sufficient to infer the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • 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 http://drigungkagyurinchenpalbarling.org/upload/userfiles/files/xonawukukeke.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edf0e8ab63b90bf2e86e60d4d3d89507/vawadokosolixitigokenit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65874706971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/42641042885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/68125786568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxaguzuruwusarimusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9c82c4b04---25212823788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acutecardio.ru/sadm_files/korivefarigaboviduxumele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66313743738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/49862358182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23702352335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/6201735983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/52656790069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/40179488585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa7nl7dmced30canb06eg08jv6/kulizovaxanirinalazowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/sepivuxalemusawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobe-ing.it/userfiles/files/64467890175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://griby.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tufutikazefefijipuroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bafakoroxigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/birefuxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mazubudoxakinelabibuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tirivojulovewemipilalilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakesushimn.com/userfiles/files/29542576073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=lowrider+games+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ef57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF57 10596 bytes
SHA-256: fa400694b7eba75d4193dcc713fff3954833d38e30b09f3b9e011aa0c9dbda63
font_01_sfnt_off00010756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10756 16664 bytes
SHA-256: 945c083b90678d270fef3a263df004c3d2245771ced8cf9a11afe5d6a387e13f
font_02_sfnt_off0001324f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1324F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1