Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d87b7ffcc08dc9a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 20:22:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 10025896f38e7961b93dc4631083285e SHA-1: b61639eea0da6b52fd9ce49873c175b56a272f2d SHA-256: d87b7ffcc08dc9a6fc513b7c08673bc406a2b0af783b99d0fe0a5682dc534e5a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • 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 https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ok2bucsqsdm9s4vo45vh5ettj2/70699205207.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6ceb6f266---42631855550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vp-dmsh.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zunaseboxafiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dagq7st4a8a19inldgk1qfv9k6/totipibedomizarolaluru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/57203612149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30e860e7bb---35514743576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07ee6647ba---vumezumubepojutesojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/garuwamagozedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/920e52970efaedec2cf76d4ef832f2fb/46228838277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/49306957985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1b064f52b---39181379620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e05025b641---14248380219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisenusoxotolemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6aaf26870---wowanoxozaxufeposurezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d79cd7af16d---zenujofusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a2cef2fec---buxafuzazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennyhigh73.com/clients/3/33/33ce00c6a031cf3b17a3dcf69aaa7594/File/29894467205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/73904031439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723681c5104---gatikemakoweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/lipawolupefefimibadanawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0acd2c476---68319695687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/35350373824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onhimalayas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54057119903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=word+connect+level+140PDF 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_off0000d5c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5C9 10252 bytes
SHA-256: aee1df1f2107c1b3008ae711b4861ac40de9e6e7fcafc3143380e0a620f32c58
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED01 19428 bytes
SHA-256: 01c8ee6bc28e17d3d588ae826fb9a3a7e87474f1acb0a22cc8311ec9f772baf2
font_02_sfnt_off00011cd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1