Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 862a216e31c79695…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 01:11:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dab131ad93583f5ef5f36f583473014e SHA-1: 782bbd8ce65210514792a3c91095da36eed592ae SHA-256: 862a216e31c796955a7c8d68c5d0854f9be8a8a376ea1cf9e03f95f2ae3401f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it contains embedded JavaScript and functions as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates redirection to malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern. The numerous external URIs suggest an attempt to distribute payloads or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://limoride.net/gallery/file/10732968615.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/nametemivokopuwakidepezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8431da47c38b9631b6ca1194c9debd61/xezemopebufofotibowafunas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/rurarevupidewufekarek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gryfarmerskie.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/ramovusesomevomubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/sanogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nuc8be7qruusftit448or3fpm6/roderalipojonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/bogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607214251e06c---wulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cfqig2n8rns1bhd5e0gvljufg/domudujotesuvovasamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.com/userfiles/files/zusopalakalolilatafuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/xevigurefokoboxudono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/13369355160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1538026483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalaviationmuseum.com/userfiles/files/26453775727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/kufutexasipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe1b6ca2de---3226390412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2554dc5bd74a7c1a4690ba5122cf2915/zunepapurezesize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/10520238306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20d1495dee8aa9c8d44ad6727d2daa6f/45106656017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrhggc5lmciss8hf74m3tghrj2/xabewubutonuzizigofodenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/148c05b4623c8d5a1f80e581e793e8dc/tubisonirilivotetise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/dileloderezuwutuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=citing+pdf+in+apa+7th+editionPDF 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_off0000ec98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AF 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 52aba629960fd3cfc1c47b655961805c9d5652835fae2894278081f18afe63ae
font_02_sfnt_off00011c83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C83 17788 bytes
SHA-256: 926f841c035e659752461836eb24d862f8ac703297c20e6dcf095f58db6ed84c