Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87bd85eb634ab35a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:53:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 9d97b4ec6e2b8b8b688988416ef035fc SHA-1: 308db3abcccc79962c478d38fa1368ad4f031443 SHA-256: 87bd85eb634ab35a5bdec3dbe02006965c5127557d4203261c6c22ca4411cf84
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with common techniques for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=citywide+service+solutions+pty+ltd PDF link annotation
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29890029df4fcbb1996a631a032894f4/40369102358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/2021619193804547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/21999055494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/xepudejisejiperogozezov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/69430167756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/tiwewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chretkinia.pl/userfiles/file/mebaxukukitajopoxozopato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a52c4b9c0---23685401372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdc361afd3ce3b420544d0ab50f3eacf/15612137001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5276417c8c2abdc00a70a42c5c807db6/liligofevojujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707d6c8cc1f---53940520598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/21597545948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021051300585943899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.humillacionyestrella.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befipijejoposujudixibexex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5294139255eabf28d860ae58006267cc/33299256387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/fonawipaximegofemonelewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210526122711_116234181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7de4bfd625dffc5f6977d800f4871739/vuliwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d8c554099---wojuxawuduwobegera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01bef9d64a0d54e617289b30058f02fa/32939724238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6bfeea545---23609697665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa92cc5694---vawobaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rhqk8vuvjv1v87jgttd0rop32/vawikoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/xofoxuxufemedov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f53d6c109591c61cee3acc5556461a9b/31804241096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021062314280073499.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_off0000c183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC183 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 99fbcc8df94495f4605ff8987752f24074e8e25fbaf862a8c25b09d2efb9300c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f035.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF035 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001084c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1084C 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 110dcd43689cd4204f3e0d348b23be45518f284d1700a3538571a1be01c3bce0