Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 987852d9fd25430a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 17:03:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 04c34a20b8f654b3fa8d3b099d30956f SHA-1: 95e395ef59486baf68232807dc60bd76fd86fa41 SHA-256: 987852d9fd25430a45454deb8d9d4d71c5b55cff757d1a3e85f6fbc5badf6f4b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=poco+x3+nfc+bluetooth PDF link annotation
    • http://flooroverstock.com/admin/userfiles/file/xusonumijiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozopanuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afro-safari.com/upload/files/59118344593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/60068804941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26396979981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safiorida.nl/operatori/userfiles/file/takejirarejexugeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tabularasa.lv/sites/tabularasa/uploads/documents/files/xinomekalelizobusojuxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613970b948484---rajedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastijptoto.com/contents/files/liwozibuwibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxish.com/ckfind_image/files/50639153118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210911052920_gklmxy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eec1a850bf92dbdca6d1e6ef8359d228/37949191238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioprogettoarchitettura.eu/userfiles/files/dotiroxalurizoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/wabalukifafijagiponuzufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77479933286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///kofunamezifaveludemimiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a91d64cdcb---lajane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mgnn1ees34583iq693u8vemv2/46137223731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8330215f41febae96bfdb59909f45203/digatoxizojubodopirupugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/36036231726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvarkagidierzincan.com/userfiles/file/57107429513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gattoneva.pl/pages/userfiles/file/gazufodesuxilagaderoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/domeledonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctcitsupport.com/media/files/negopenoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/sonefuwufamu.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://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_off0000f6f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F9 18624 bytes
SHA-256: d7905c5ea7e76e8b994611879de74ac104a4a4df91b600328c53924e344c3db3
font_01_sfnt_off00012780.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12780 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F97 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 98fb57dc9aa0e708d80a4a6d6e81dbd6405420ac19f908e52c3f842e7ad49ab7