Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87d3ebb7a68bdade…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:54:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: beb3954751e26281b8236d554a2dfab5 SHA-1: 6199d9d6809ec2b66877d522ec86838b0178e0d8 SHA-256: 87d3ebb7a68bdadebdcc8a6fb6e573dc95c4df1f4ed54bdbe5e5091edbbd1ea0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute actions like redirecting the user. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/35624741882.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf2a8d7a89---tazirokixekosudabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasivafofafukivegatidag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austarpharma.com/upload/files/sidanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omq67uvmt3307ljea74h1mea07/jukidabonevoradavobijajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/75657887839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd11fb7ee4bf1438c9b37e422c377694/1249514445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dbc92bb30---60884262050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/49284465637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kuwaitpolyurethane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47207610090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50186370867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/regifobodesivoxolovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/gatupatexopawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odumakus.com/uploads/files/27914697584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/7059481217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2d4645340---66189750156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/duzowuxoziparugusotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eedea43c66---21525251811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beruanglucu.com/contents//files/femowobitifura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/6630839242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotitelor.com/contents/files/55633013569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6955bc634da303d31a51e178fc3fabde/33929365840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doganagolosa.it/file/rebiposoxunufovelazamogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pauseforserenity.com/clients/1/10/1002a5d8b3740fc7390aa1937d1ec3ed/File/73103501495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=tradeoff+theory+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_off0000ca62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA62 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 1814ae1f6e0fc16631591c674193cc6c3382cd69d12a58087de724d10ce14e55
font_01_sfnt_off0000f83c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF83C 10260 bytes
SHA-256: b3b61301f5744ace63c4139bc70109cf1cac574fb890d3b2ccdf5fb0010ce710
font_02_sfnt_off00010f73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1