PDF malware analysis — malicious · 86285a91679b668c

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-07-15 23:48:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07

MD5: fe0eb7eed252bfc07483b351d7b31ab0 SHA-1: 10fc0fdd28f267d3e1d6379683e1a7fc708b2474 SHA-256: 86285a91679b668c6773124acae634fe6efa6c3db0815f2e254918d020641f4d

196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings point towards the file being used to redirect users to malicious content, likely as part of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 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://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f66fb79c8---91493250554.pdf In PDF document text
- https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ud0eer04896jcidjvs4bu2424/2079061318.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/mimudijazimitezulutisi.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4a515a644f9c8ffde0f7a683bfca259/gexada.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/gubesat.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b800379f0fa---nupiginedosadosebufubole.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc4d74d10b---nijufemavonokumalusa.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/86199214359.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ql3q3af5bdjqn159g35htpe2/kodinugaxuratupezumited.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4u8mojjpr24aq7aibjou0dltb/57747155323.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e2e6bd1dd---13709104597.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c8b7648fd5fcebded7250668a4242c1/8476265023.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c812e9848ea94040db10f2b3a2c016/jajomomaxajolirixupipu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmaued4m7f2f7mtrtun6lsljjj/xozatedatag.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2dec41614---xaragifematikefude.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ad10e5178---nexikodezibod.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/laxuburanunurujol.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704ff71c199---11585320368.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/damonisigu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ddhuh21lo68kqqe0s15953r30/87956187542.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c004ae2b5d7---75264010027.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e14d087653a6d9a89dbfe468d5571aca/sewepaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b292395240---pimanuli.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/71953344913.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b67329ea7---95101662860.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gegoke.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mike+fisher+cowboysPDF 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000cbb3.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBB3	10448 bytes
SHA-256: `6eb6db3b6984412e4b9a655d5aff09ddcda597ea1d084ed6be2a7dc046076098`
`font_01_sfnt_off0000e3a5.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A5	16404 bytes
SHA-256: `110b90dfebeb3238de8f5fac8d1c3e0ced3fb92be27c8477e0c858bed56028f0`
`font_02_sfnt_off00010e27.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E27	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`

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