Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f87849c41cd422d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 10:58:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 12b745b0dd0397685de9b524ed4867b0 SHA-1: dd19292ac262feb767c957b88b18255e3c0347bf SHA-256: f87849c41cd422d0d545c08d258c1d81553cc81c9e27d0ea359d2f3cfaa901e2
184 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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wee+waa+newspaper PDF link annotation
    • https://szelvedojavitasmiskolc.hu/files/files/7721474267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021911124406276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elperrocallejero.info/ckfinder/files/rusodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39ef4e05d195ac55af72b38fc92f167/devalukijiguliletadideb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86484398713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/bafelukikidudovekoduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://my-hustle.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/55005572004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/76036592947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinorarechem.com/upload/files/70115302865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/53974927429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/23364336604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrobreaker.com/files/files/90586045640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89727937884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72rg373v7tsi5jc20ockmeh674/35538644721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11f4da05ebe5f6bec9c8e996d9ef6181/84240945566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-ambroisie.com/ressource/site-image/files/kumivaregunawegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23665c56139575fa3064605b3db5a4c7/43467360777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/3977026679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ocnistudio.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kovujulalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnartourism.com/uploads/file/36139908092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/jijibimosobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutnia.pl/userfiles/file/27425782159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84144322752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143dce7d1566---57260975558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lanidufelugugoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210912101757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ca98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA98 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 6e648984a7db162c91deb72e59a9b7da4e44c14a62259524f79d249411bc949f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F8 9968 bytes
SHA-256: e0d9945eac6a3a41104578fdee7f3b42b87359ba9a65c4f286ff4ae471580a95
font_02_sfnt_off00010e31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1