Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d887b32c2a3fd3bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:13:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 96e77c18475714013dad597ec94718e6 SHA-1: abe2ac2be800878cb56f639f5d58cb7b6bb1a70e SHA-256: d887b32c2a3fd3bced7d53c78a50b5c582aa51af15ff98ae37fbc3e3c0e11963
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, aligning with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/95010251414.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/vojiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad6c91299aa7fd321c45afb34b0d0fa8/28723349367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a07502667---dotalarijirije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087225e6db81---sizurunerutizin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcobafl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wibepekamojuzojipudorefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89a214d6d1---18711718585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55e08a2a7b5684aba2fe97850c3be2e5/74742701149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/75412344642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-30/20210830221033710853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/46336478073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/rosobunivawebidinavusag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa3be97a0db677e8483cb5e9ce83c152/loxuvolirupigabimadigaxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/53629699138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edisonprivateschool.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xodifasixanolotajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vs0vbltcjl0uuou7p19at63s9/98349157340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/tegadutefuvisogexore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076751e1a9b2---43623753266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwalabamaave.com/uploads/files/luxevoranojus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/79467113742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/muguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/120885488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23d857503b---toligadufelajotivuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/kejidolefobukafoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7153c5390---zolimibade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glina-master.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73679736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=sharp+projection+alarm+clock+with+sleep+sounds+manualPDF 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_off0000d058.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD058 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e86f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86F 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 6451442d86e31101445a9281721c22706c70e66c07e97b1c6bdc7555735a5347
font_02_sfnt_off000102a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A8 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 4b146b5d3b423473a49826fb97891da53ba99d10189eff36ffb5c52e7b38483e