Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86a24f1d9a2aaccd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 10:51:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 98f02c45b5e0692469ef82423dc4c4e6 SHA-1: c0a3bcfd10cb7e5f613ef03103851e62421c1496 SHA-256: 86a24f1d9a2aaccdc05e062c2d82801d900214454762cff436d1a641ee20c7e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The presence of embedded JavaScript further suggests potential for exploitation or obfuscated malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://oris-am.com/editor_up/gunidopezifiweketavo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/40183436891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesadiragozudoresi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fier-forjat-valimet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kamibivupadanijikopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85390544064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pinozafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/481dal1f41njtqa9h2pi0hasc7/negip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica-mpt.it/userfiles/files/lazumasiwogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136bfa8e16ff---51315750822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9862cb3e944da7fcacad01984dcc03e/linumavibuwotebapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holycrosshealthcare.com/userfiles/files/kewujavufor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dud95dav9k04tpo4lqs7c77qhj/43860094372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/file/93484865694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82726694432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profitoolinfo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roxitiveleviduzojurir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasolution.kr/userfiles/file/10218345210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/582306f4a3612d54dca1ac850c3347b9/rutirafiwiwurobalojase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/dubegutejotawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmfgxfollow.morefriendship.com/upload/files/70307975988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luvimubinemixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosonnguyenthanh.vn/webroot/userfiles/files/95428848788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beta.nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/75941118428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=outlook+mobile+for+androidPDF 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_off0000c7d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfe9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE9 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 60195163df8ab5113b37965a3243e97fb51bd176a0418807a876a026c1fe9f0d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f867.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF867 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 14a860ef6de442c81741d298830f1c5fd2ae50a20b46cc72e4b350332fea8667