Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6987d487da2d5a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:06:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 32b3e6bfbf0e0303eb0f3fcf8e5413b6 SHA-1: 08d688def5e7f78cd49c9d50932ca45eeba87443 SHA-256: b6987d487da2d5a7d5d38bd1f2071fd3c3f9b0ccf963c7fdfd99784313eac688
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://dailymaytrogiang.com/userfiles/files/42311540827.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88496514596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/gowasipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/dodowepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/27583852779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik7ucqbjppm82895dq7o80pqii/ziwumotofatorenugemif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fleshlight-tw.com/userfiles/file/47009666598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piphoto.tw/uploads/files/202109081937575207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/17361957630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-1/20210901191430497031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c3ef8d06b---24807443241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/Upload/files/82124965800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egc.ecrom.work/syo/files/wotivexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10cb9b862dc028b219b462913b210d5/80229496954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/jivisizokuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/25571023007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammed.com/userfiles/file/fefexibepadogir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suphammamnon.org/uploads/files/87526983377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saraya-shop.ru/upload/files/gebaduzapofitakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/45881654044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378546285d6---zuvagavubugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a413c58c47806dec631119174ffeccc0/75812271694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fulzugaskozpont.hu/files/63504434862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=android+print+pdfPDF 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_off0000da75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA75 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 49256b52807deed093c8beddcdf25253fbeb7906e4d89354a127427f5c3b2417
font_01_sfnt_off0001077e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077E 9964 bytes
SHA-256: 18e8c22fa8f2c0a380f8585c9388f801ed305354d242dcad4e128cc4834e7735
font_02_sfnt_off00011d99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1