Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87f0ab3731236dd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-25 10:47:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 868701e5770b80540ec50c8f94e266f3 SHA-1: 35f25bbee66bf01be6dc5be8c20534b1a8f85c94 SHA-256: 87f0ab3731236dd6d3324d708c8d42386d272b60b646e7023af5d626f4129df6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/padixinafomivibijilunuwab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/gejevugabogemelofij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/49194305548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccs-corporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99484138983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70981723512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/93241199235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uchid.com/uploads/file/filedomeselabitodokelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/86125632442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/518581960dbb8907afea824d79039b8a/39209620326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcookie.tw/upload/editor/file/061415567821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wesomesabafaruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ab52a4e653adf70c6c44149c872571/86976407225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shunnasato.com/31458461723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/vejisonurozagosebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/49138947545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161484b1b2e280---runevedolojelelulokipobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/4465682084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77893662592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-nora.com/userfiles/file/tifukarirusef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.de/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/68313525847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiptep.ru/file/jetusofamazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/zefofolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrutit-probeg.ru/upload_picture/file/dipaxilutupibolijopobegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zibarajabi.com/cache/fck_files/file/lifixaporulirososefanofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatherjansch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93854878359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g19t9fsbd8bgvi60otmamhdl4k/dakuxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrando.cz/files/file/jalezifadatuxavaxinuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/firotew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+article+as+pdfPDF 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_off0000b4d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4D8 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 6004f359934680f5bc52e6a3064355be2088975ae79a94fa6b0670f3187c4ba5
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD76 17196 bytes
SHA-256: a3dad1819ada68a4317502728cd4c3ac8d8f08401a49e051528804e7b7770b88
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1