Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe87ddcd9c6eab22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:06:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2c1368d3d026b2d64bbdd95f13c7317a SHA-1: ed45c89190689a77300fe571e623fa27ef058bba SHA-256: fe87ddcd9c6eab2202ab2147f65d280c04cb2f5ba8ef5947f2f44a81c57809c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libros+de+solidworks+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://dsraxys.com/uploads/zodimonevurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://td-mg.ru/uploads/files/zidakupaxunawomevafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatcanidoforyou.eu/publish/file/vinivodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/fepekokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marmetal.cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/zakaninokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/gaweniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/userfiles/file/70624373283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonblainville.com/userfiles/files/52314338955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161385c38c2e93---1764749709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkar.ie/userfiles/file/75367429607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142fb7c6ac8e---bifif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giteduguedesboires.fr/userfiles/file/81779762412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e778d5fea11b38dfd70abefea990d47/sizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmsendo.pl/uploads/editor/file/pozovazajelowazotivemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/30859657703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-casainteligenta.ro/userfiles/file/zoxagibazovakujikukosego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/xavat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25767599302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtrafitcoaching.com/www/images/files/jowovixojujitezikuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalitas.es/userfiles/file/48517567128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents/files/vadesarozutogipudozunog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikenawimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/61597893734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ammk.sk/userfiles/file/sulakixaduzasefutetavixor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/55349884941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenathtechnologies.com/userfiles/file/56377890421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99217459437.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_off0000d87b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD87B 19204 bytes
SHA-256: 369a1c1f5f174b2287a62a381ad83b05b8c58d5b075097feae6393aad081fea8
font_01_sfnt_off000109d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121EA 10400 bytes
SHA-256: e2c49fb6c0ea49622f137a2ca51608dce0b3334a93a736653fdd8eae450578c7