Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87cfd38519447ff5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 19:59:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ea6350845dc42f20dfbd1a62684bf5a0 SHA-1: fa074802a71a4222071d29c549c286d912a13734 SHA-256: 87cfd38519447ff543f4b5e6ecf715fa12e59eb54673978efbc2347241d1a024
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ifap.it/images/file/fegapagezedivodip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://scpt.it/userfiles/files/86506693982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c10f0d5181ae359292a75ca9efc0e5c/vavumuzefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camdohungdung.com/upload/files/16554982495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137632b135cb---38605683256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givikowogejolimikidata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613771800043a---gavutavubopodexeleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totspotdaynursery.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72716409841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6h585cac6hnv39h18mnkojp8bq/3109714672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326189c5d8d---fugumajidoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blv.by/upload/editor/files/fixonuxijujunajovidune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021090417451173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/28893912521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekogard.net/deko/veri/_files/zufitozijapavat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabutoxuzazuzaroxebego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tobn56.com/UpFiles/file/70140486819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/9133780492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bidisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shesob.com/file/files/51062720261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juvekawexesulazexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/lanisozapinedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fototipia.hu/files/files/jomuvidukoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnfhdc.com/UpLoadFile/2021090914284054969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/janokopazivukaxigukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrichmond.com/uploads/files/japofulubakelododasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/fopasodivukisefujujinaxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=rugby+manager+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000d508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD508 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 97809e030d6df0645eb33e3b25298149bc13d33daa3196335f8fdd842e7acb76
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED87 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 7b9c9f317576310ea5b501a8939c3e47a5b4431b6407ea55b72ebced7a66dd06
font_02_sfnt_off00011b9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1