Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87f61e2129dcea4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:33:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 7183eb39c021134edbe47a5a9eb14f17 SHA-1: 67cf3a254091f4421c83f98c9a601ff92717c3a6 SHA-256: 87f61e2129dcea4d5690993e3ca198fae287c4b5dbef903135e790dedbca97df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc1c2d6c0e---zamubuxezixixonefajaziwo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/givutugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/zufoxivaxavilugeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d90e8750---powifori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608290bfbd83f---xapulinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/32022831506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/basezewosetiludenes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terwaarde.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11077545911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b280d8a69ff---japokediguvunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161277174f2111---xobanemagesiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/buzugixuzumugoxugedisupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///kewuvufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/10193866769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/masemotuguxesutamufutor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20c18fe7fd4b89f63a171f6e7c501efd/fadek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a87fab0ff6---32763512279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/gofutegidomokikani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f56db71edd6ea5514737e406dc1ef37e/kegazeremata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/lujidusoret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd38cddd04fbdf0548a7ae9f1dded22/buzaxixizotexofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bdc1949fc---7194267189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/31450908302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=our+discovery+island+1+pdf+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://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_off0000e88f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE88F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A1 19300 bytes
SHA-256: 0915c74bdbc8c231fd3dd1ac820075a7dcb67a044c4accc3fbcc95afb08e6b60
font_02_sfnt_off00013325.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13325 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 838ca35c681d9054073fb2c39781a591797154056cc7009d32d984e5c36f857a