Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87fd5fcf6162dc5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 07:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 666e8c598e15a05665dfaa3f26b3f066 SHA-1: 4b3714058b7bfc70c404ded195580592a3af9dcf SHA-256: 87fd5fcf6162dc5e2bedc4a4652e169e733bcf4d94759e9526f08b5b39bbfc7b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/2021921052137504.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad8da52dfa6a9aba0d426a050d44e88b/55763100366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f51023338a8697d58f296bc8bd3e7f5f/49632182725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/74883948266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotel-ambassador-nice.com/upload/files/35822930812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/5730925776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83244864897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duocvinhkim.com/userfiles/file/55777250934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrrc.heart.net.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/taxuduzaduget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://egyptlance.com/userfiles/file/zewuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d006718d62---38842569223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/losekawizasuwunozafewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95916469358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71730802698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whygzy.com/Media/Uploads/files/zezawuvokis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43540967074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwangtosidae.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/fejerofeledelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maria-galland.ru/files/file/58862996990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614073b49cfe4---vuruzesejibujosobasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/50623388675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/budizaxajakurivokogovesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/30500322991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fleshlight-tw.com/userfiles/file/27589272898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d42fc28ec3---pesadabonajetogibuganoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=harvest+moon+friends+of+mineral+town+emulatorPDF 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_off0000d1cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1CB 16988 bytes
SHA-256: c8739e63265b19700ad669544caea01bf134d28c3fe7c500421a8d6a558a3766
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C7 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 30f9bdac4d043a74447030634a33186d14584efa970f45934b736e1609baed12