Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 987f882efca154f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:23:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 29ce95398d90aa41e454c76f94066637 SHA-1: b197be40ffdc22580e80bbc1d76eafa52b418fc3 SHA-256: 987f882efca154f83ef7043ca2a3be462e457ad07ff6473ddb07c80e83a10803
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://eventechsite.com/files/files/datomasinomoro.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc75c89af7---90981429708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8274f25b61---10476365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tamilsaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuvuzukoruwobodexutizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161131154cc588---20655071264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcrainhwy.com/uploads/files/kolupupabatura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161234b65d2100---81760250194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eo4k33h8njpereuqdca7hsin1b/83371304321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdf18cade9cfbec374c82e363f62f43e/80429351329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/6330373592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herfon-machinery.com/images/ckfinder/files/20210713135229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926c4e51cd4---38732917670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/tedix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlit8mpj9mnejt4ph7bppin7c7/jekilujununorete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8cbc4a3081---faselesepizefemoxexabuzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/vijezijadolumibuvufato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1c00b42ad---telatujupesezububonakufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/50323403100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cdd3dc2d1c---gipigisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/7406552161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942990be2b5---51752919266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukonlinedirect.com/userfiles/files/rukifofosuwosugufoxalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f54ebe5441---33191801851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/zelasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=self+compassion+and+resiliencePDF 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_off00016651.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16651 10760 bytes
SHA-256: c6ac43ec6743e91b679d30362dcffae6622a5076c4304c26be17cbd074786e38
font_01_sfnt_off00017ef7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17EF7 19648 bytes
SHA-256: b4f8bc3cfa3644a42a6ba58dbda78888dfd51e4037d13b64adb41008c8df15f6
font_02_sfnt_off0001b23f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B23F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1