Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87e566d5b72aeddb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-10-01 14:25:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6267b5ead4ceabf9e8da0b198a3002f5 SHA-1: 2465f36d97dbd8902be7b2f2320593752c67ecfa SHA-256: 87e566d5b72aeddb00a42a36c07ffc00099ab284b67f6f7fc085391c878eebd0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggest an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging a link farm to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+record+screen+in+android+11
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384fdd993b6---faxuzixudateludovubigefuw.pdf
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_87148867FB0DE4DB.pdf
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/xakabo.pdf
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bc33830b1---35684303749.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150cdc89ed1a---8606955710.pdf
    • http://apnm.indexint.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46427312231.pdf
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47943826537.pdf
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210920091452.pdf
    • https://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/muvovokebukatazuj.pdf
    • http://wrtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210929_EF33FA60AEF2BBCC.pdf
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/20453005440.pdf
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/68289731250.pdf
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20409127671.pdf
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/2669066066.pdf
    • https://tuoitre.bacgiang.gov.vn/lib/ckfinder/files/teteduzeror.pdf
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/gomogunoxaruvaled.pdf
    • https://www.playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/bezapaziruzekisetu.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155e53d79fa5---kafup.pdf
    • https://gopherscopes.com/userfiles/file/9604366175.pdf
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52686948442.pdf
    • http://lianbang123.com/uploads/files/202109041724264454.pdf
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25404277523.pdf
    • https://coverline.ro/userfiles/file/jinokefi.pdf
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e39a31d7a8---ralewo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b179.bin
22fa4fe329d61b2ac1b1638146960cc8f6bec37c8a6e78ef3b7e0ed5f19b0445
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB179 10444 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c95b.bin
0ce4bb2546e4925398e84a56a5c509170646a51c4c4acfd28d766a36dc604aa8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC95B 17476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5af.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5AF 16792 bytes