Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87bd734fe75855b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 23:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ce2eea294f049197e6ff9549311c37d4 SHA-1: adcb3999a942039c3cfc3bd732728d0934edf18c SHA-256: 87bd734fe75855b0e375ce00947f77ed9037d0be1ecdfec267c47900585f4f17
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting domains, aiming to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings suggest the primary attack vector is the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

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 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://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/nanopuvu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.taylormadetc.com/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vajorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b45f5965ffa5be86c934b742332bc64/73084749528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/dusatabudulotajejovitakof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed831791c4---jopodopezek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4884e76ab548da1017503e77d7eb989/kilezadale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/sivejotutadutogirowuxavaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perkunasstudio.com/uploads/files/202109040807454347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzfcw.com/file/fkimg/file/58177868523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toscanafantastica.com/userfiles/file/givikemebovik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duvuledoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top-caster.com/userfiles/file/putedurizekomaxidujilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitarasign.ir/data/file/parigazasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350c5e80487---82440855406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82788447553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalba.net/other_files/File/sewamasaxasavosujudafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/jadosafikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irkd4va1lll2r63us7jqnotfic/katibowujidoribijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/fakupunopetonodojuxovade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144ab7360206---82708303744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/94072106921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpnovelty.com/upload/files/2982824642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145be8136103---zanuturukaliso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__613B593C5CB71.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/15935558127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=turning+point+of+curve+calculatorPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bbae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3BF 18060 bytes
SHA-256: b95fd57ccd7a2e0d4cfb5f9937fcd9b0e730a148cf0a521d62630860f0e6e0b6
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF89 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 660950918a928fa22114b614ec07c7150c1dd5ba3e5ff7c0a71db98460959162
font_03_sfnt_off000107ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EE 16104 bytes
SHA-256: b78118f3ce96f575ed0be33965aeb5d63730e69872a435d327bbb8bf3f19f58b