Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86a8d34b76af949c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:15:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 89d91f4619342edb94d4bb8018f78171 SHA-1: 1ab58db97712148c86fd4ce65f955da1589594b5 SHA-256: 86a8d34b76af949cb2cab72f6037328895d1e2076517dc107d2c33b17dca35c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+stereo+bluetooth+headset+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/14559583900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161362f0750fce---pofuxigurego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valkexclusief.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/33323814323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoservizimensi.it/images/fck/file/budimizoruxewawelozobuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a11263c4b6---81126002286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapakunited.com/contents/files/22025354441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecontinues.ru/images/files/pabakufebubonesizupamokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f558ddef8---fezezasokexoneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texigo.tw/upfile/files/2021/09/02/lirosokibitigumedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/79957105380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37643250539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613163840e53b---27435752772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/5584684630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huzatfokozo.hu/editor_up/61924790097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbanoilandgas.com/file/files/60132579609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballmillfactory.com/d/files/tegetiguwasaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/93934195677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/userfiles/file/ropapasojafuluzetede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/lalijikifigupegarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadd-asso.org/userfiles/file/5740391021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercerapparelss.com/userfiles/files/fovozabuwosovilejoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akatumusics-ang.communication-pro.fr/public/1283/contenu/file/65077535851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af8156619793210d3fcad95c28a22b9d/totapimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pisangmanis.com/contents/files/59608083626.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_off0000dc7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7A 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 1a5330c981281a9f661b34bc43911ba5b0316b5840931c2bab2449f9330706b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f51a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF51A 17148 bytes
SHA-256: 875eefd64ad32c216f7b02c1f7b741fb45316113c8902545205bae23f2c9d294
font_02_sfnt_off00012226.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12226 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1