Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 987d70432c80f28c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:04:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d4d02e5628b5596ffb3a166461c5f5cb SHA-1: 0e0b72339d5b76ee41474399e43f1f087fcb8fc2 SHA-256: 987d70432c80f28c01635f4272b9cff92243bec5d47620c10cb9f100545058de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of numerous URLs, including those with UTM parameters, suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mi-pse-s2-iv+installation+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e305128b3---kanuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.propper-droppers.nl/files/file/lexapufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/14643422355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wintechindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11808991201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d39462ceb3be848475d03c5172a804b/wotizuwolomebimewalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhibaosang.com/media/ftp/file/86191475792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7ee98b0b2---78668189642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31fbe366102d200c184d4bc74dd01506/47421714904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0b74549797bd7cbbefe894ebbc8c49b/mezuzevesajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/zezumebemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb115cb9c6---sazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/zamif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12424093600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/dafuritamori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/loxifunejigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldmedglobal.com/userfiles/files/zexoruvovebepidagatobota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/digupexavoze1628348097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/wilukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/14602240436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elai.kz/upload//2021/08files/210812201419182874vuxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cymrozgreatdanes.com/clients/1/1a/1a407d8ccac5525c71aaafb6b4664123/File/89846714511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc69fca562---52379498511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/47272999439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021061710512569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edallyshop.com/upload/files/gimunoruwanuzejupedaruki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datxeninhbinh.com/data/dulieu/files/visedu.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_off0000c682.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC682 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 8fa0c3d614f71ef84ca6f41630a19661bce938b0e408f606de3446f03392f1af
font_01_sfnt_off0000f44b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44B 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 547227850bd1b4fda3df5c2aab9ad8322d7ac775f5194886d792a7012db253a1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1