Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87d881ca7582bab3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:43:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 253a81558bca3192c9306b95f0e7092a SHA-1: dcc1f7c078a65735324603b9af8989f9ba836999 SHA-256: 87d881ca7582bab33d681e2e44635c008c2fab4d03da31777c24984df8c8c9b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF files hosted on various domains, some with 'utm_term' parameters, reinforces the link farm and potential phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/xeverumimiserevopilof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/46989606721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-restaurant-plainfaing.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaliregowozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/71979324840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0763ffd18c16ae1825c96a615c2cd76/45935266227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6577318352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japanbizkorea.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/fekalojasutavopob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///54070832300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hvbrvv7o6o3tndsclclgr2e1tc/vusekuxada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079728797b1b---dotekavewubolalov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetalk.jp/app/webroot/img/fckfiles/file/zubawewasakevuxupanuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b515sroerfkpl84tf37dpav7e3/66294668735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608b37da5a460---tarazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caa447b848---konejonaritesemomune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22c43c6f3f---41245895332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psk.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44037097408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdc023386c---5519751880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26b6aed90be90397eb723099ce3d8d04/22422079743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/32446965364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65e05d5800---demerabujuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/81477161447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/31057075762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/dolofowulifamibosekonalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/gigibazejozivobilifituxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventima.ru/userfiles/file/pebeboponalig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+documentos+a+pdf+a+excel+gratisPDF 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_off0000cbd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E9 18200 bytes
SHA-256: df0f9cb5615edb2a6752d5b2b4920f80ded2461ac7d2108570da51ce7e7f96a8
font_02_sfnt_off000112d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D9 11260 bytes
SHA-256: a2cb881ede74c7405affb6492a7c65a6ac6b1df0c8ea23b9c1e912d349dd57c4