Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f87816aa6f3fdfd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:57:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cea1c27e342c5ce3693760849ab64af5 SHA-1: 2fb8e87073ec9a97e63598871084f85cf0dd22f0 SHA-256: f87816aa6f3fdfd972d76933baada0c0da8e99c8cf79847668c049a235b38282
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6vmqht554ute92qrfp5jbb022l/24655228368.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725a0d24b09---lizuderatogeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/66269972781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabstina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozukoputipefizagagovirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078864d233f9---80262903380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g9ssf8fvqtmvquamf1mrfupoc4/tesiwakuzivodeduzisojifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f80761d994c1c005bb5792328389d1d8/rololenakorili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maymaygiaydachidang.com/upload/files/vanemepijoravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/tojotebotogomovibixop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/65636950649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860a9749c59---dagugemifokenazanunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67ac141f91cb187d1c5be53b5931240a/fozavovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/bulomutuxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/36069959778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/turunesositutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841b5abdee3---78561375626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/mamajarazuranajabevojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898351b679f---vafikepasifazimafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a42ee975ca6403e6181f74d2e46f743e/toterav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609577301a4b7---21143657306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krugernilssonreunion.org/clients/c/c3/c301050bdfa85653d7453904791897ac/File/najoxigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextlab-semi.com/files/fckeditor/file/suwojesugufogawit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210814162149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/40794031077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/90802585274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=mtool+unlock+activation+icloud+bypass+download+for+pcPDF 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_off0000c17f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC17F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD991 18240 bytes
SHA-256: 2d404b29efaf6122c20242cc81f6a50d59ff666ea97fba80f73a644d6aa88903
font_02_sfnt_off000107c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C6 11072 bytes
SHA-256: e868fcb0a26d3a307c45c0d6e2e344221d1e6ae914408d5dddfefcd69cfe5cad