Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86627b731324b00a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-27 04:04:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 614815fd1621938f3b41ecbfc1692bc6 SHA-1: 37ccf92164dc3648a1212b6d5cc44ba3cc5a091d SHA-256: 86627b731324b00a1f4aa41d3f4e1f73a7d477a8cf847bdc38064450cb6c0141
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to direct users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating a tactic to obscure the true destination of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9792

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://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/tanexupifofawujuri.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxoruxurunulobosojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c998d9c8a5---66800598032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d6b3eeb1098e4ab7aa36d6fd60195d2/29239754560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9847f461f293268d96efd02608bd4ceb/31392666437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7dfd4a236---felowifokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/mexidolifokifomiponexixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58768bb277089d1e718bac933f03bd57/duxumupojusulobiriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0e9a8deb5cea6fc69596c2fb51eac21/xavijutozupasijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/vepevaxigedevakesazufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef20987da9ab60671f28e8876cf804e/kazodev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/20134787380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b48317c73a35078005a46dd00078b6b1/guxixijatizedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de78c818e2---pedifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/23527168271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723c18b9192---37312916798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eea2209c7f---77453921067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairvoyantinfotech.com/demo/images/ranulofaxejanudefawupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722ca1be24a---47843395272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893d73187e9---nusoxixopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/sorej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/86070352584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/nujiwozavadadexabopetir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filatelianumismaticaumbra.it/userfiles/file/34023738059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d14cc1d94---fumebimixesope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qytbearing.com/upfile/file/fedipopagepaveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59619135340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+brand+authorisation+letterPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000effc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFC 17528 bytes
SHA-256: c4bc389bf9f1abf623d17ace9d80888abc342b0c132e6da6cefb110b2daa58e0
font_01_sfnt_off00011d9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D9B 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
font_02_sfnt_off000125a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013dba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DBA 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 58327f4fcb1728ddf150f5e7904fe3d620f4f966894aef568b54c68f46f7455c