Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86a1948870a1619a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:49:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b2ff0305f1438ae303c917efaf67c8e2 SHA-1: 88c87b3a8f04264bdd3281655b337f86ee044f48 SHA-256: 86a1948870a1619a6f84d124f90405667a71feae67bc895a629a57f2f8dd183f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, some of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick users into installing malicious software by posing as a necessary browser update or extension. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gajasobuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://barefoot.pl/userfiles/file/53244261786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/92398862203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a61phlk819pgluh0mafi28t7/748799208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405ad042cc8---wutefogek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsductri.com/upload/files/penelowulunuwolezewoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322d85b9973---24582686258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fbe9da5062---98301425235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/65295396383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/92025373606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/wizisobojudidilezunivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/11136387925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/28119541772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/47169190424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/mepimipixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/fawakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsse.cl/files/97636848804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/munosadakavusijiforirebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/64469177652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/mirezakezuvevuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tjp2-hotlink-j3t.com/contents/files/31064247349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142b339a8415---30053144899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84939479346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/31032636043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaienclinic.com/uploadpic/files/39617957050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=software+reporter+tool+cpu+usagePDF 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_off0000ef35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF35 17612 bytes
SHA-256: f682ae18e55aeb7c9f7c2b44a4d8c64ab8ef25dda8a05cd5afaa431aa6a75760
font_01_sfnt_off00011d25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D25 10720 bytes
SHA-256: fef5ad7636d3ea576281c081c8418641ca319a882da5a07b087cafd4d800513d
font_02_sfnt_off00013609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13609 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1