Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0863b61b04acb54b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.6 KB Created: 2021-08-21 23:25:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 95b69940a07806222797926d63c69538 SHA-1: d946172b191d68d8dd5c9f44650b4a0f74b74f4e SHA-256: 0863b61b04acb54b05acf3b74b6013d24338a6e982b158e4884536d7c45142cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious documents designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+hat+in+time+nintendo+switch+physical PDF link annotation
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dixojasigogemomisutom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/73757982717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecfb12df7f1---gujiwilomokesana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71bd0526711ff90b4fee5453a2bd6bc3/mevisene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fg4mfm2embgtsh3r2jbhmicbu3/42678560957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/2735546960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallahi-sch.com/userfiles/file/93690668409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/24190431727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/sasesejajitaxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/tinopazepifatepoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210621_133731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6f8cfd903815ec323c9cc23fdf66d39/9229469267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f305ddc704---46453871490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/pexibupasaxonezodibiparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhjmfamily.com/clients/5/5d/5d8645f74963a96e1aea25f3b610eff6/File/32636053225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074216a20dcb---87350087593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/70811460089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad17e3065c---sebagereritibivibumilipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021052805070370554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/73313385793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyline64reunion.com/clients/e/ec/ec378541aa9b73e2b99de5ca5545ec21/File/60457500472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyermo.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/98265586339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3840ac17d8b77971f98776063d320d3/9492158210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1f695cea7f---38021863009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161154604ab34e---960238639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/linhkp0jmta4a52p2q9vcolc2j/52933177592.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_off00011b81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013398.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13398 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 348b28ba35ecee1e98113feae67aaa5b5ecd9edecce89b219186de52649f061c
font_02_sfnt_off00014c96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C96 19868 bytes
SHA-256: bf584c124d793ef0364b5f57084da179166c842075ff05802e26c9a4c7722140