Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 086592b200ab5f90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 06:09:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5193b60faf163ee4d4a8c6a121658af9 SHA-1: ac8bc2d0cea752accf1b2145ad2bf68bb1731639 SHA-256: 086592b200ab5f90f21249bf181636052404f361c6b03535ba83a6da743249dd
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. The presence of numerous links to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/70120849339.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338c6daddc8---kusabenagonilulokad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-noginsk.ru/upload_picture/file/toratexivomeviravisewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/92130928103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373079a1326---77297800380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjse.news-read.com/upload/files/88407461167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febebanojirotajivejijupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67ae2ae7cbddb71abc55b2c82fcdc7d/vitinabilanijikavolureniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushimura1.com/uploads/files/lelunatixowoxurumemaluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3371e5d19---gisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisleriwheel.genefied.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91011008742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46272240e901e40e00bca2ba10fd9996/dokokubeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/67549882596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/zenobozodafejumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfroccatiassociati.it/userfiles/files/pepez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44404208871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a66b5cf9bc---notuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastrodibaglio.it/userfiles/files/gevadutiwujuwafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwclayton.com/uploads/files/10144884633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atiksigorta.com/files/28685933688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12989236520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6261517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b90649e72f---482781621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090323321727660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=vpnhub+app+downloadPDF 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_off0000bc02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC02 10192 bytes
SHA-256: 010a132da28319345fb737bdc06521611fb1b11596173aacb98c4de576a13dc5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD279 15164 bytes
SHA-256: cd4bb7c3123b7dd0620934b4147e9d571291b3391f4cc63eec3ab2a8bd23a8fb
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1