Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87f0972d823b1532…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-05-13 15:03:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 061fcc0e5967341935f078971d917baa SHA-1: a14bf41c54db5f2b032dfcd8831923929bfa07b5 SHA-256: 87f0972d823b15327ecd31648f35052b7d8da867973e15192b66ad617bac73c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, acting as a link farm to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document body's reference to a 'baby crying ringtone' serves as a lure to encourage downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2a63b9888---69204422327.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9p3t6ns73hrdn29crgge2np6bk/duvuxulutunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907df982271---jezedibato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd557bf91f---tarikosomuros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd7c5c647985f93075a233925aa6e191/fawufaxowojozixadazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608735264e655---39185225702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083506305a36---welebiragepisikerunaduvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bfec90204---banusedeniwemaxibojafizir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f115d84cbcf19e590943f3e719de06a7/31038545109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fcd7e67ef---90280418996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcareadvisorsgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9qve5r9ej4l6o8kt1dkcunb54/54880883596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/43131970863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774fe6e5700---xawesasutil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f755968e88---dugopikonokogobobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/12172166427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/35237054844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq7ubvmecvvnfaaphngdr368c6/xiwipelaterolugusiva.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/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=small+baby+crying+ringtonePDF 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_off0001007c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007C 5288 bytes
SHA-256: cd06a88767a188074485673d3b996dc825d2aa800064278f567aedde813e0bbf
font_01_sfnt_off00011268.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11268 11808 bytes
SHA-256: 264ea7552df85efe6e743794c050ea6da2528f054ce4e001022c42d7f89a2a24
font_02_sfnt_off00013ae3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AE3 16132 bytes
SHA-256: 051837a0337477dfbb6902371460c1670985facfce249cf256f6d038aeae7303