Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87da1dc6974d53d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:37:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 028615a3c345cccfd55144e70653ac12 SHA-1: e46daace39ad3954bd6c0f4a40cd3dc89491af92 SHA-256: 87da1dc6974d53d1f28d0f2218c386f56b6c5dfb2586400569b14186195cdf20
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/48482308018.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5264e0c85a---66068140523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/watetuguxekonujewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/56505861858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qytbearing.com/upfile/file/73008170076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassco.ca/clients/9/99/99aa1728c1dafa3cf8773a75727b87c9/File/kojima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66728328505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop//contents/35879484386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b6fe39adb---66582883318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/65081709613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ei-hotel.com/free_images/files/5634784848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/53684565566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yifff.se/userfiles/file/gabixawezepimewutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/sasewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0d97f08a6---46631176217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3423955917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zcapitalcrm.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/jasepidaliwagex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7ac855d18---xifesofumipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/55031525564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://probeg2000.ru/files/userfiles/files/90051945213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/newat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-31/20210731065902267518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbq4i2iopbgntq52jk3h9vaknt/29486994444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=web+development+tutorial+book+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_off0000f8b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B4 10880 bytes
SHA-256: cdbb8346333782959265adbe0b9d7ce711375e6afcfe9cf89df38cdce092cdf2
font_01_sfnt_off00011195.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11195 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129A7 18896 bytes
SHA-256: 91345ad67b77fc9ce524f748dc9ad382a09b9720d165571f70b691bc3ea6affe