Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c87b67f27cc648bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 05:15:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e3edccd3373f1869c492bc2058b84e7a SHA-1: d9b64243d0e924d8f6dba14d95165dfa2b0f4cb0 SHA-256: c87b67f27cc648bb2f28db036654ef3fcb7dbff5f89972d0ca1aeda22e98e063
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple unknown URLs associated with compromised sites is a high-priority indicator.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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 http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7565d2e12d---leropisogagabaduwuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgajp1d5qf9ud7h0ltp9le19j1/30119217802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b88d725c925a31fe8361667c8bc770c/21616745272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca692f2608---50150298618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/gasafaxideperavaterivalef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45fa1c21fb---46738436961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/31334918518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c38d16a818---wugadefokulusatufafebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0dfb9c5fe3---derotomotipatumaxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c06e76156---godozadaxumivijotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/demavigazeramav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609897d0c6536---16539102605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mnhi8o472pe7ig2eafjps03nj/lajagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd357fdcebc---98017937081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e0828ce03c94e0f5ef82146842ad820/duvesovefipijapefemezuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084814218251---83239228999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5b86e354b---68320584851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a427aa09e---95049214680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b853c009821---2343473718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspevents.com/clients/24998/File/gidigovubazelukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdbc68f0bed---bivaretipuvex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/83087876023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/rafowuvavuniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=get+free+likes+and+followers+on+instagram+appPDF 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_off00012265.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12265 17952 bytes
SHA-256: e2d9a26669f69e8e0d2e81454697c39228a95c4e81289b2f5c74ceaf87ca2acc
font_01_sfnt_off000151cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151CB 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 825bed0d3f6c3ef24fdc725b2643c5a20da4755156bc084f3d68e9cc20b8b7d7
font_02_sfnt_off00016b68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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