Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f87e964c0a87db46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:02:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d4af86ac6c9ebc7c227bbb403948dfb2 SHA-1: a9bb38b699af31f1cc6a31843db05213db92176a SHA-256: f87e964c0a87db46f3b3a8c73b121bcd6a4445a872e025ff79aa4fe1d0f2f8dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories suggests an attempt to host or distribute malicious files. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

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 http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d87c2bd9d---11770101491.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58596364611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96glukbusbsal4tn47re0aj0j4/resatujepofevonovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/93120970594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endobible.com/userfiles/file/52139169784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1ent.com/userfiles/file/20210901115441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cbd8895e6b---volakogazowaxukixalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e75c358f27---minodipisazazoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/fusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podushka.by/files/files/33983460860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/35872832781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/52257083435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kurutoperomobivilujejazex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelejas.com/IMAGENS/CKFINDER/files/99639328891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ce9276c28d---goluladoxuxidakesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db4838985bf7daf06c47ae8c3da184a0/16051128076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/19675386928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-margherita.biz/userfiles/files/13071928413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17939486980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/zovikupiginofenoralodaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ba0065174f9603c52ccbfe1abda0b5/9722998906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22rmgrbpvrnph3f721hmqdj8gr/wolipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/9390359956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607765f6e97df---zimuvexegamofawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=wiccapedia+journal+pdfPDF 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_off0000c2d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2D3 17552 bytes
SHA-256: dd49d12da79c482a5a296c03c0370727ecf9b19bf9ba1a80a087267b0af131e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f004.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF004 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 9dfa3459b1b7c316e42a567ba225e368c2fbba8495df0ee4b73e85a223556d83
font_02_sfnt_off0001082f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1