Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87c41b4d3475436c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:00:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1c19d848550532ee87af00978be28747 SHA-1: 02580663b6fa53b1bbc3b7638ff2a7b8351155eb SHA-256: 87c41b4d3475436cd649ca0b8d35c7b1adc2e0a15b5dd108dfb1a8b5a285ddb8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests these links are intended to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d31a09d96159a054b060855e60f6e8de/parote.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca1fcf7ac3a422a769d54f6b463085e6/19458180767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincesorvarshop.hu/editor_up/mogotupimunidututefanaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enslev-anlaegsservice.dk/userfiles/file/kinewina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sb-78.ru/files/file/tojorizamulatedomisuzatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ku7nllucbs5sld3tcfg936ioq/51340109138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystemlab.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lezafozakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/50629420193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8huga6qt71qhf4fdf6mpo6u78/96877161203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/sedoribitajuvujuvajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/lomobumitufavekudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchadatitan.com/UserFiles/File/kebukibalume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/73556791017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/67153953026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/weferemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mardeestilos.es/fotos/file/73198947668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/losadowixekoguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonkingchina.com/d/files/49672530947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenobutuvolubalifagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havadisname.com/upload/ckfinder/files/medetuvofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10785e7001a742eaeb99c1fe3f90aa54/4410762970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d88e78cfda---wedusitesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7d919dda8---54334574825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608019820f5af---kanixit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gekon.net/userfiles/file/didisumewosez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=class+10th+cbse+science+notes+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_off0000bffe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d810.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD810 16456 bytes
SHA-256: 415eea76a5abfe9f248ce7d16c94e666b0ff168d4b94b35df3d1411d1f0f0ae3
font_02_sfnt_off0001024b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1024B 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 6caf4be719466997c546693f96fa25bebd648ff72626b5d211caf3f7dfdebefd