Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87de5c27f7040047…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-24 15:47:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: be24e0837e867c59703c315223565fe0 SHA-1: a031f16807531aeac07327ad5c583481e6250d68 SHA-256: 87de5c27f7040047411493e24ada4e9d46d59f73e2075b062d74184d66d1a47f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains metadata related to 'wkhtmltopdf' and a date, but no clear instructions or lures are discernible from the readable text.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bed6b6cf2a---95236506333.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/bafovafudasilarufesixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://b-solutions.net/userfiles/file/bituzokupekuvudikugek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/tewadupukumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1061b52ca6cefbe394924407422b1d17/xevedunug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makeswebsites.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/lupexakonino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ff29c4a6a8c88f92fbdda43b75c8f6/64522363398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d346eebf2ea217552e12d7c87079158c/66485280715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile/%5C/2021043008313169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f985d9976b---tanabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2c3f18d13---tifutomawavavewarene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f3747272daf038efce35ce522120bf0/93750757484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094121081e42---xajifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32877b7b902878c3c6e1c19758d7b4ce/88464226027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/92554358817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-21/20210621190428150997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a511e1a11---84186603776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f41f144ca---55040809567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e20djdidqvaakfvq2o7g3l41g2/70201840681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/peterisojosumizifiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=interchange+4th+edition+audio+free+downloadPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000f4bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4BB 5224 bytes
SHA-256: 6d8f3d2db7beab14b73c6bebb8b88a012ad3f5a672efd525494ed98a787dd528
font_01_sfnt_off00010696.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10696 11128 bytes
SHA-256: d44d360314f59f79842e4a9b15520d27948741094905af24ac5ab1910b94ff33
font_02_sfnt_off00012c78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C78 19792 bytes
SHA-256: dbe64cdd22ec7594659d2b48474ad029e3aa0d44ef20593c859a58a42181b3b2