Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87dc13ae5b475755…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-17 06:05:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 65534ee05ebabbc460f908539ee79395 SHA-1: 5db385b94864a035a66e96ddfe370712b7902dc0 SHA-256: 87dc13ae5b4757551f5a9034af87f4512a5ed7054536010401f61f288498eae8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a lure instructing the user to enable content, a common tactic for malware delivery. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute a secondary payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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://sofanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puful.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/voxivabome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sababujogunozekudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/witekinareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/nizexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608267fa2e77c---1104693552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/26169820348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e14b593659c---83422424221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/31377036574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkb8tanvcuipagp5cp50bsfi36/20408215904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c302b9a9f0a49fcb3fbfb315022ca7d5/livekavelirepizevukub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/44578069847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9tiffv4anrstv4blvoentcev3/netobukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airetechservices.com/userfiles/files/6780926784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/bubujituvemawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927fc53bac2---46857994914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/375cbb92822bea826d00278a11d4e5cd/76063000921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2hjsu5bfqm1oqotqgu575mg6j6/koxalatevarakudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c1c53c0d4---fejabuvadunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/samavomed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hy-concrete.ru/d/files/tivomonij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/62743305943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8pva29rege00f55b26baoacuf/zojubebitatusuvezonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/67384371846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b456657c47a---79840780322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candybeauty.vn/upload/files/37434285676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+a+secured+pdf+to+unsecuredPDF 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_off0000fb30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB30 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 336d01966a2982d9e18ba6a7e8b73344ef20e66550398ec16b8852c1b97dad71
font_01_sfnt_off00011457.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11457 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C69 16724 bytes
SHA-256: 2f791234a9dd46c9f7f4e286c7b6bded893196452a6d3f6897bbbd210e92cd7d