Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a86036051c5874c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-10-09 07:48:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b19d3d0b69eb293a49b468471230e717 SHA-1: ea7f412d304af18444e6e956b4bda778a98d8c66 SHA-256: 0a86036051c5874c3b70f84105c8fbc9960451255b4306535c7eb02b40bb9f6c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed for SEO manipulation or phishing. The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=scooting+dog+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://polenhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vewivik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/dagavexesofigakojulobarab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/89352093337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021100905471073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/konewamuzuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebus.cn/up_file/file/zubusone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservice.com/uploads/files/16966735309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/giterorawepidenevub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615297bfd274c---goxefofesatobomanovilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-v-sochi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73087973104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phu-komplex.pl/pliki/file/9035298357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/30449937004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qazaqbanki.kz/data/content/files/riretefodabeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31891850976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fst-uinsu.net/userfiles/files/81229421161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kattliv.com/kattliv/admin/userfiles/file/28737628304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uangraja.com/contents/files/74143549771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/15343097539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150652234fa5---14464406884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhl-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/potevodapafaxajepixafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/fejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungruangsteel.com/public/upload/userfiles/files/58849512682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/51149048446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e255122fbd130004fe3191b131582e3/fawoveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/lineludil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jubangh.com/Upload/FckUpload/20210914file///loninozafiketuwuj.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_off0000f5f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E04 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 59cece06c1fd8bbd40b5f674984868c356749c7811f3c86ffa93adf9498a56b3
font_02_sfnt_off00013b0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B0B 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 5f47afd515a24cef45697da4c6220e43d4867ae9c236149543f38ae2c63fe38f