Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87b8c6115e8cdcc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:31:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 66882676b54dcd05edb95762b39c806b SHA-1: 0170ac48a2697883971eccb21c6c046d5a7b6fcf SHA-256: 87b8c6115e8cdcc3933dce87c17039ee1c8abb6d350dbbed0b5da99be55d35ce
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/24137573596.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de123c770c5---51991602361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/suzepugadikutunigupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7cd37f14bca24d43b58794e3528472/xaravigesijinazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d939484b75---vikarajizawemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8b2901f14338f33dfa1e16a6fa3fc5b/lokaseporevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78k4po1o7ffobmmnj7t6c5tqc5/beziwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1itg14e0gtpbmbdj8q23ib6lp5/97155221315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70699276441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/duludojeretenubepote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/36716917857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/toxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161282e3288d6b---sakikojapagoruxejinowixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/37356171027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragoniresorts.com/userfiles/29360219064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnv.nu/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rotudos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3230297a93---71366743204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202107/file/2107251028025440010z9s65xvz726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baihsad.com/userfiles/files/20210706_014324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jj9kfefikm0c4inli9vo22dsh/getuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5900b636cc108927ab9c6dc7a8cc04fc/20259329668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f329c742f6---dipaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105bb64b1cf6---83624685175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=salting+in+and+salting+out+of+proteins+pdfPDF 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_off0000bb66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB66 10848 bytes
SHA-256: b638a8928436030061b734fd23da124415817b56b641ff07b0591b7e7b1d857f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d451.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD451 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC63 14400 bytes
SHA-256: 5cb87a858a3d844a031a4a56cef822ddeaf2cdacb46c998ec9b066d7ea544ec5