Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87c7e5558e2e7cc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-07-29 22:11:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 5d078c821c792c8d65a884f8be8267ac SHA-1: 46be57537c1d0f2168de87733c025c7f59ddd25f SHA-256: 87c7e5558e2e7cc6d039e7893cb6ee131e4cee8bb04ec9ca5032e60c0863bc0c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The 'Browser extension / update installation lure' heuristic strongly indicates a social engineering attempt to prompt the user to download and execute further malicious content. ClamAV also detected this file as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=open+source+intelligence+techniques+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865da8b1f29---fanebuzezowaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digbijoynath.in/iisc/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/dalipawoxanizixap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da326468c1a---11225158150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/kivinotowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/kowatoregal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df60f63a75f---vasinotadosifosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/80740011801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/39435528698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61c3e750e504310bd121c665b56230c9/gitinokeposos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/60071226645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanshost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mopuzoxiguromogiliro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eba100118de1c7ae7ef9dcf4d89d02b4/jorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-delighted.com/user_img/files/jusibizuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608038d80d3ee---97899067400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nvffs22np31fng96aa5l8ttdo/3415840770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4752aa8ef---takefevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links-europe.com/gikebemifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/lixejuvekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8233c3a974---87140870237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/46419806139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607564072be60---59109135324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/bewisalusizipufosex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a644eb29d4f---berejunugevovige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/vikirejisatine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a327a6ba7f0---8404761919.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://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_off000122f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013b0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B0C 11256 bytes
SHA-256: b3c26822e4e252c05fb87164288924264d98a81b414a0f892bbd44c8b22e0f20
font_02_sfnt_off000154fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154FA 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 74b1ed9c6bb2ce1ef366088484cf8b5cb3dcc213703ec565d4f805bc40c22619