Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87ee8b47aaf63135…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 10:19:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2b65eb8c78d8c416b73cd3cbe6f877c1 SHA-1: de6020954355e5f7577e3e6555b4f862cb94ad20 SHA-256: 87ee8b47aaf631358ed3c99113dc81f29ce5d8533ad6ee662347bdb7bad65eb1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609691f717ccf---walew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d473d711a7b---9478464455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/dijuzisixejaditufizanexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b031f7d961---fofebuxegajademevite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/9994032410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/44692261541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210507111119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hferrynetworks.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210622_5D549B18F0264D83.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4q1vdtj8dokk93dsdgn0t6q7dc/pijakegafejirezavejon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9468a9266---vojubebokewunopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a745e47afc4---bobajuxetex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/pipenoxijiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lidikifezerit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60eb461ffd55f78c7d346dff3a250799/zovana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c0078afeb04b94a802c23a05ae92968/88257081367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbmint.com/userfiles/file/8770959689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948e2e20417---98933952708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ad4273d92---13402968592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/31762876532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///61377617245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80301998807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bb78d28aec803f72287e90aa173e6f4/60710108730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uni2fbitgsru9fgr0m2pp0ktqs/28258650712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/fupumipejivodoranabaxuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43210d2e81---62210622267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e09ce101a7b---zukoguwokufomotarorokekab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=50+year+old+malePDF 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_off00010650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10650 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E62 18028 bytes
SHA-256: ef1d4fe9509695bbd5d84f49d153baf50304462644ee46a584cd4f96bcd0bb5c
font_02_sfnt_off00014e6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E6D 10220 bytes
SHA-256: 43bb28a1341d6121775d72cbe48193da171536a2c036eda3a884a10bc80ab484