Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86651f9ce63677fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-25 05:37:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: ec95aba9728cc134049cd88b37e6c27a SHA-1: 5bdbd42a4e2087c4ec4d088f4eae7680e733eb23 SHA-256: 86651f9ce63677fc048f316e4b8586f5cbed4dde03e11a561974b72d9bd96f61
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The numerous embedded URLs point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=data+entry+operator+question+paper+with+answer PDF link annotation
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/bineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecfe4ef7a7---jelinugasatalevevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/58283119248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc9cannlgkalsfmaejlvf7e2h2/kefof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/63035031023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0b632e03c---pixurozijufuvuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7139a04324---farujaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/51366856520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/majaxatajawogarekaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7607lbouq0p8s99b3167e4903/fubilafeduvusewobabirer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df03f9a9c5---legugitedonogigof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/121e0a38a7fe2501a86fb3fe4570a68f/76416762558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/75057618551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6daae032c6fa68ad5d494142ba85622/ronufanimeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe58a1b207---16131491911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fac72834d7---fikoxudid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c61438829---geboleru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e30ae2b0f---68347405786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successstudio.net/userfiles/file/90632778282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7252c8689f2164894031afd8feac6e00/16823768778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/32188788926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/popugilubozinitulezonuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/karepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/96275146563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210620120536_39u87z.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hit-air.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veloniruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e551.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE551 10748 bytes
SHA-256: e2148576b610523b4658105390b5eb1d4b336b5ee68af08f2986b40c09401d86
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001162a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1162A 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 4d615cde13662b40c074166810ae959d96e103dda3030c621346cdf5dd89af21