Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f87d3672644ae185…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 19:33:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6280d06e5687f050ac2cf694506b74bd SHA-1: 718beb150f0a4c08d82122489f6f8cf514a7019c SHA-256: f87d3672644ae18585d99babab81aabfdb946d8554d75b71bceb036eabbafbc9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The 'SE_ENABLE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to enable macros or editing, a common tactic for malware droppers to execute their payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=assistive+touch+apk+macro PDF link annotation
    • http://colantuono.it/userfiles/files/52155214891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/patiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaxtongroup.com/home5/maxconne/public_html/kaxtongroup/assets/images/newspostimages/files/75657310819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youxsoft.com/uploads/files/6559806571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vanirukavukikidirazivowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabenapivunozefobital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8fe5b6edf3983df2f800d06281b1070/38790428025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevvalturizm.com/rsm/files/39574225918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dananeye.com/uploads/files/202109042301395098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.com/userfiles/file/39480657024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/56093853463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotte-ppta.com/beta/assets/file/88550010006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/nexemipokowikapewufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16b4117608dddb5724610d0106ce8a1c/posabaxufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc8234499c---74765191051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irpuyesh.com/cache/fck_files/file/68906514429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifonixigodimefogomidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pro-peau.fr/userfiles/file/roborerotusupelukusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaukiaplinka.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30600583124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/gunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/76773178679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343aa97b15f---49997911180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istvietnam.com/rich_editor/file/tugopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdavloeren.be/userfiles/files/14551210909.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_off000112c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C1 20660 bytes
SHA-256: 963e574e9d46eca4b9abafdece4132aba8822020b76e1baf72f179d4d03c7378
font_01_sfnt_off0001489d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1489D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000160b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160B4 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 5adc55d55f2d37dfb8b54f6a9845bf483f820bcf3035b86f6cc1869754d48c32