Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e87ba544fc7f4a1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-08-21 12:03:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f76f74e133073ab21b9c90c5ee7b6f76 SHA-1: 25816d9abaf08a71ef1fb4237a70b4aebfe0ab2c SHA-256: e87ba544fc7f4a1d94d50144d86215d1b9b375d729634e7704ce30df49498df4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests an attempt to host and distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca0b6c6e26---mejajibenufelafutujaveg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/jamoligekiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86f4490f54f4d4a359ed1df848493872/zasal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/lifajonapen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca81a34c21---zezedobiluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/72526222234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/7569813729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89df2470daa2925123fad4c07ee3bc58/16233202629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpcadonate.com/clients/4/48/4863a0bac697dd4b44f4a1b1fb44835f/File/dipidajixaruxitesuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fdf6e00248b6e110a21e022207c5324/3600914570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55d96e696e---53682307190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/436k8us5i92g3a9ali98enkmo6/lejixapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsolisp.com/files/file/zedokevupapokaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec3929f308---gatevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/53409886782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/38576658715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/file/9686148153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/fuwisigaliwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab5aa63244---sivegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image//files/20487824636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40574835389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98c37de084---bukivanij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyn-koe70.de/obrazky/file/puluzibilibarudipuvakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/137ef15ce84d1b3387458f5702ee7edf/24579130332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=can%27t+play+houseparty+games+on+macPDF 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_off00011c33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C33 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 37d87128eb505490801e19f9117b034c44dc9e347616a1afeca8df037d64a9bd
font_01_sfnt_off000135b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135B9 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 8021a0aadddba7e4c18cbddf4d6753abf169143982bbd815c9e0b006d997dbca
font_02_sfnt_off00016373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16373 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1