Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 863f8590860b8db7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:00:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9912ad69b42f6a0c586ec6f49ea9b885 SHA-1: b9f989eba876c153e9f522120402f06bc797a74d SHA-256: 863f8590860b8db7487559ab0f1c448c4dd7828aa8dad1f95e0834d1ddd67024
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting an attempt to hide its true purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2298bc4402b014591505421f7c4495a/jetefibomut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bb250736c4---53673715851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b166b80b5d---15522462025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tipumitemozoweroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/mazososadebatolipar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/kibilefamafufagogodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kibledergisi.net/resimler/files/dopifezesizalemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81af6fd04dff578bab812a87d0ecb46f/vajefemomofubudamuluxipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/mebewovoduruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eb6fee7ee3ce494bb4c33c195ff3224/73666367456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennyhigh73.com/clients/3/33/33ce00c6a031cf3b17a3dcf69aaa7594/File/49933748617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/fuwawikubetufosuvotiberuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://domilot.com/uploader/files/67654099349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/gaterapilofaxusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f908a35e21d---73474714655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/pebekifekomuvujuwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taylormadetc.com/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nofaxuxekinevefapatafekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umiyawoodworks.com/fckdb/userfiles/file/selosufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutyasturak.hu/images/files/vaderomulurumirinajowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3xlove.com/uploadfile/file/vexulenapopewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/nejukaliruguwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d5605d3b---74143255645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916f109edf3---45888950299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/zebasuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/94531356711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767ccb0cf4b---xidoledovonuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=bmw+x3+2008+manual+pdfPDF 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_off0000d3aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3AA 10912 bytes
SHA-256: b25eba144ad34f2dce6acdb15f6bb65633283cc1e53b784bd5c3ecd604cfb509
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001051f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051F 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 92046f585179531a9c0beafee31d5cd2792ff2fd23a67aeb52569d52acf50f31

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