Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87f948f70b09c5a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.9 KB Created: 2021-06-04 11:45:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1fa9b69d6b340ed48ac0cf7bab16bf21 SHA-1: 86281ff5ffdc2472feaef75440da225c7da48d08 SHA-256: 87f948f70b09c5a8bbbabdc8da1f636685b931c8894b7fe8e47156e935336f24
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. One high-priority heuristic identified a link to 'http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/xowif.pdf', which is likely the primary payload or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3cb5e3389---fawivalodoliputa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04eb32900edba669ccd5d1eccd6db2e2/pixizubekobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/55716aa58b52c2301aad7032c330e817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f63dc11679343a790bef9a9d0806a44b/nofej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516233918471331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16cc16bacca148e59f11fceb08668b10/84820082892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/kiramogunupilozuneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/691b9aa0b0f227901572ffa1ad265999/27157067468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/recn1crgc60ngmlel88j1rvn92/tubejilibizutetetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f587edc04e9f17461705bfec3723e403/70876986675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqggai2dbql30vv9d1aqcrgqkt/movizenivigosidowukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d7f8f997f7ed8f1f9d156588cfd030/felaresubetotebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dmpr8q7t00qjllrgcoqkjl6r1/17771059656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/xowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46647042ef---95343811579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pg13fsvb30bddofd95qu8u03oh/gawodufarokukegaxovuzorop.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/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+thread+a+brother+3034d+overlockerPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6d20cb108a272fb62795b5a5767d696/42272084469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c7b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7B6 5560 bytes
SHA-256: 4c880a0b0222049e72106ad5f3d9f8d76ca2dac0712339c8c6b4aad4353e4a0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000dab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB3 10440 bytes
SHA-256: d33eafc646cc30d35f09966cbf796cab025451a44b2f60884c0250b59723bbf7