Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 861cc066ebbed477…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:28:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bcbdce49a0a71e158fc8e10043e7dab9 SHA-1: 4524bddd49c93efd41a7f91d79ff0e1daaf8838f SHA-256: 861cc066ebbed4773712f57630210d930e935149a12c9bb6e81e3c0f2f6aba39
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The document's structure and the presence of multiple external links suggest it is designed to lure users into clicking through to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b35p7m0i5p7g3ivkk25dq1e0e7/genuni.pdf
    • http://aj-freight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64651384304.pdf
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/28450697433.pdf
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126daa39696e---webekumupitepojulusiwozen.pdf
    • http://tylerdaynursery.org/clients/8/8e/8ed7c4ff1d995b028c1180c1bccb3f4a/File/94532259184.pdf
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fb838d781---77255575745.pdf
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5777d4bd2f---4978863707.pdf
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16545664232.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093cdb1de59f---miziwamofosiriwipid.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc543353719f82aa246c61eb38a0faf3/sivirusamawovelezol.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otlrak9bak1ven834lffei9ptt/tolovonaji.pdf
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ede12eb4a20ee0ba87bd3757bb08d5/xizame.pdf
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608035339c31d---87670188455.pdf
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/38214352512.pdf
    • http://pvhs1967.com/clients/a/aa/aa78cb05297cd93d8a9ab6bd1eb8a3c4/File/funatawekumujijati.pdf
    • http://noavarservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11834571551.pdf
    • https://srmresidences.com/images/bulk_images/files/jewarijoti.pdf
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/tinewima.pdf
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7586d292a4769f1d930bc0ab0ecf89ae/fafasedowutosegov.pdf
    • https://suprastoc.ro/userfiles/file/gopakabugitekuwoxupisafad.pdf
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/evbb7b2gre469jmj3n14ssgdl7/powoxukifutixutago.pdf
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c85935012---mepezurovut.pdf
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/tuwolozojukopuwiwenijevat.pdf
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/solalapulebo.pdf
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/zuvixugodasoxi.pdf
    • http://rsti.biz/files/fck/file/74550966673.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=taking+the+integral+of+a+derivative
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b5c8.bin
fced354f882faf2779a4746f196a6c0dedb883755bb19b198815e8f184628776
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5C8 14264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8ef.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8EF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f106.bin
a3037b61f3fb879c7267e3b253dea16515e0a6f18e201a77716d274374c2c587
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF106 10584 bytes