Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87d7d39123b152c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-10-01 15:54:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: af6f7f13db27202d7d1709e16d30cddb SHA-1: 8ee1916227c0e7691cdb4dd41eeff8b8bff280fe SHA-256: 87d7d39123b152c56a3cc8a02263f1789e6dc5dbc96e54823f79fd0f60f02840
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings indicates a deliberate attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/dobagibobagotab.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/arpi4tdurbvnhe5o0b8vvmies5/nezafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb9943fcd3fca1c9563e55adc98a0718/jemijepofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sierrainstruments.cn/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/59483210644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mftelhas.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29204187456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41273189584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivicom.vn/upload/files/pemabetobebosesiguwagagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmercury.com/uploads/files/vulebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15829107727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deshpanday.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58179132996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-pharma.net/data/files/70417624721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decoworld.in/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/revep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonezawanet.jp/units/24250/zcycom/files/31404101899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614eb8d5d8db8---murejujilujoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auto-ecole-acm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dovujadetirudujufolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/vajudidajosunataku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2e6a3f8149185ef9cfcd5db662d855/rukukosikidabizibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlaptop.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63010043212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lucky-erotic-massage-bucharest.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43331812781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/67448344601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/80042830972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryanoomen.nl/uploadimages/files/xozafexivojuzewowevanodim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kungfuclasshongkong.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72511113323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlpe.net/Images_upload/files/pesogurimesexaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=grow+old+with+me+adam+sandlerPDF 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_off0000ba94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA94 10640 bytes
SHA-256: a0fde8dbec6dd6524931f97d8dd2b2af8f4bcecd6ba6cdaa9f8c98f8b41f27eb
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eadf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEADF 17992 bytes
SHA-256: df8347d21216045f5826b806fb96c8e24ab06bc0553db2b1b5921cc9185a1b36