Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 864536cb5850b364…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:13:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 705281531f623ad94acd94f38cf5367a SHA-1: 589a6442fac0ffae5049438e6a868bfeb5521b26 SHA-256: 864536cb5850b364ea2f0ad4145bdd99a0f7df6cd5d72aa0245a22a6b9145740
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 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://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47410982376.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160936a1cb45be---63444288721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amblesidewindermere.ca/fckuploads/images/file/44057938332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/97770661326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demircanticaret.com/userfiles/file/6991814099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/33581673396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebrinteractive.com/userfiles/file/nobodelalirimaxulefeduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46757401317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlafilm.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/69158624983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/pezukaziritere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/bitudavobuvilumime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11170555566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74v60op64atlvmfjddvp5kdo48/21901628324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986fc46ea14---41977450586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/tumizimikafutojoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b54685975---25928243113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatherjansch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210804202451962931x1242ohbc703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bozikemerirodexuremoxenaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/kawosulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928b5d37bb0---79971105334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce0e912762d5de05227a83e8a2c7b6b2/52109011449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4vle99i19bjgpoknl9f08qsqq/82633108507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmj0rb8dpkeu0si03hu8u34ri1/lopogoponivuliloxozujasof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=capa+preta+de+s%C3%A3o+cipriano+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_off0000fe10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11622 20068 bytes
SHA-256: abfdd500d06d3984f675aaceeb5b576df697ceaa09b9f661364d41990a32981f
font_02_sfnt_off00014722.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14722 10864 bytes
SHA-256: df9b5320d9329af7e13b474e5308973ac90ff680bed97d53454f2ad83ac7b96c