Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86824df90277f6b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:50:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 01fc9aa945cc403017b1f1154e243358 SHA-1: 7cea0196b8283c967c2c51b233e59a3e39a41977 SHA-256: 86824df90277f6b55a733eb4a5655c8b2623f1f2a666bb3289f3bbf87463ad22
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076028f0fca1---xagaxavod.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/vevunipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimtronu.org/userfiles/file/jizalimisutume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazofevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/nimajejemifamipegudobaner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/6104616641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/xitugofelenupazade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edc58ed42cd---vibojifizilamimife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68cfa0f910---64175420513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f3ebf538037e0bbc8799c149dde78ea/86396291625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9c0f75d55---nevijuduxemogirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lubimovelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytairtool.com/test/userfiles/file/20210731_6a359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkacca.com/userfiles/31257210858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rmgoals.com/userfiles/files/52789010879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608057f59749c---nemazupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/bobujowejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-19/20210719054427998596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodonionfestival.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56944887526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a02ac2ce4d1c66b3b67bfd5173f9879f/lasosoluxedeniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolonauticofavignana.it/userfiles/files/95497191927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e238fd04cacff1e4d600cdee2787aabf/90778406775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=condroflex+sache+bula+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_off0000ffce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFCE 20668 bytes
SHA-256: a21ee349f42bda8ff2d1b2bca50633d0f2f78942066413a2e2f240884716f0f0
font_01_sfnt_off000135ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DC4 10900 bytes
SHA-256: b88ed1ef88605f8836ec4b876bf6919a747f03df2490f6b9aa65372b5cb66860