Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a87fe44ec0860fab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-24 13:44:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 99c25c3a0bee16fd1d6cfa98983c1e66 SHA-1: 728d2319c10721ba83cf144a2fa5c9d757491686 SHA-256: a87fe44ec0860faba85ff874db4feabcc85982817860a62765197d55ef4bad57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to lure users into clicking malicious links. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccb38f62bdc---mufowibetimimuxadawuwem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a14f9a0685f834cae289b585d4ee9fa5/19548108144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/81678356761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/towipataguzugefofuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079486f1d3f9---23709355878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b898aac2bd---99064437147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/degigavadujoxifeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/490075075a251294eef2de854e7dae33/71935433460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/bebisoxarugexuxapaziwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/3190359016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vyrukrc.lt/userfiles/file/44999235787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/japomeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fea983ef5edf9152f919fbce243081c/42985208942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882c67a2371---53859082387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/144fa152e57659172105d9a43e7633a4/58996813967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/181dbd6861ba18b7d8658aaab170be7a/22025367637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74092870356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/72803309879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/digubiporefuxiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ee25345a6---85546885369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22d0a9de3a---23055913853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deryalvincotokurtarma.com/userfiles/file/zewivuzifelopamafukosexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35603701238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagnosticaedilizia.com/userfiles/files/36774495770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/wegidodamamaxesowatalika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+latest+android+version+for+samsung+note+5PDF 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_off0000f2bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ACD 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 71e079494cdec2f3ce84ca9aaf15c96a9caf54c7529689c0aa6b77656b9cc097
font_02_sfnt_off000139d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139D9 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 7fe31e2119cbfa77361873d69dbb372a6e941c515d10561951cb9220b1a34a42