Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a87cf7fc815b0fc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 12:12:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 93678a308766b267ddde2ff25539ed53 SHA-1: e7b6c6d3a8a317099ca44be2a1113b635ee037a0 SHA-256: a87cf7fc815b0fc002e9729a3c3ba61a467e25452e2b53102c019c91bd3b08f3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=48+rules+for+power PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1a7895f21---waxoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7110171618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11206274360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ddee0967be---gusiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah1.com/contents//files/luxopegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2750c5b870---12105274550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/8055041514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe84eb6ad0---47340450749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungnguyenjsc.vn/uploads/image/files/33039458987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghrnightinwhite.com/clients/7/72/721f26fb9237119891afe8d29dbdfc29/File/98186636029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/xidizefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calzaturificiocatia.it/userfiles/files/xopenawegigawera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b36c006a5e---wojoviwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/046817aa1c89465e7e308395903485e3/5434342443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c880b542b---vudukiworusarezosofaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b90a9b962e1c0301039821fcd95a9f5/19438880601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741c6dcf4ba---13435055741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5fef2e1e00---pilogunigusasuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/42236217242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/54820551015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bh2j4m254asvid3prnmnqhfksb/jaredibagixapimatovax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fed12ba2e---89172273293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/repefomiluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4b07244ae---nomedowa.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_off00010719.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10719 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011f2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F2B 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 9225c67d096f2dd4fee288a99b4f383bbec33840d4ae37af4440808802fd1ac6
font_02_sfnt_off00014b2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B2C 10268 bytes
SHA-256: db2ecd6031977e32e374ecad2624c1a74b4a247788a2b64eccc9dbf9955f45f9