Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 686a0cb8a216df2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

141.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:07:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 005334fc4ab556a94f9e2c34f1fc3911 SHA-1: 9e0a937c2ee3b1446cfe80c72276df2290102ffb SHA-256: 686a0cb8a216df2ca7b98821139cab6391f50039d4f8459b62770d4e8d1fc0c8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several heuristics indicating a link farm pattern. Many of these links point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=historia+del+cristianismo+justo+l+gonzalez+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/53403257048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/suletefuwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/fawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aecb636c0a---buluxoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/85900259152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd9c07af62---burodejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/84038243156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e58ca77b015879276e6be230c8a0c0eb/bonuladaguvazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/ruwuremaxidobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/vajuledasofesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78fe94e603---xusora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b34e68f9e---tafemugupomofaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/20711483682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/naqbhbmmck2qq5div5a7at8lfq/90089797410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eba9e5d155---nezuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d0dc062cc---27093228401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a5d31930e4c75e410e72233b87896bb/49399082199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/popozova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/55426803584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795b12bce5b---17613660251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b100c5c598c1812dfac28c8ef30ca8ce/fawixegurojetuzoladivevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95d262df71---45607412745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89o5a1o3isdfkjdj7tqodsa11h/xewajogesef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/kivubiweleboxeseg.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_off0001bd9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BD9A 21772 bytes
SHA-256: 7d39f2e420954411780ae1840213810d428e3835dfc45dc1102f8fc8418a0d8c
font_01_sfnt_off0001f42f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F42F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00020c46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20C46 11244 bytes
SHA-256: c936e33d4da11a63ee384a3934678d99e64a13766bf8c1a6983d783c66a764e3