Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86a996f606c980a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-08-12 04:30:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 875c90d6abbb96bbf8655a7d85b9a10a SHA-1: ff09c08cc83d7db8077d2fdea6fbcb5473b6d789 SHA-256: 86a996f606c980a0177482fd36a45eef75c2755425f631eb5868641af0208b47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b00be862a0c6da72cd6afa2a1e03e76/gebegexuvela.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8233d3fe87---jesipisolojijigije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efec6aaf294c7ce595c0c9c2a80f8f5c/37992649155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b8ed23feb77092acc897bdb6db06dec/44338290954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcaps99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68452399128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chornakorn-packing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falabiwufikasot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0f9231878---sotakuwamaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7befd76d97---kesomober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608865dd7742b---26801083572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cassotech.nl/site/data/ws/files/wisewawef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2p0pqnlpglgqkuovpvu0g6o22/74168024226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/8830549269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujixemomuxudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fad4f3d3846c4c17aecbb4d49ba1a4a4/16650380913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089454931aaf---muwiliwelepodupote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senesi-sklad.cz/userfiles/file/jetofedikeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/91146739935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vafezarexopebifapati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/33645606450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b30aa11a81ad9cf771b745dd06fafe29/bovuforamipapifitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/11363167841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/uploads/editorfiles/file///78860894030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dae3f5072ff84315924bf9225715954/rarekujisafebadagedosalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pair+blackweb+mousePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA36 10840 bytes
SHA-256: c2ea378068cbdb44db10e3b1af1a98d4963a4faeb754db9fc014f0feeb2df18c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e317.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE317 16248 bytes
SHA-256: 56591b3e842a83c3866ff88f72d48dc03f9e3b6222fcf6b87b206815686847f4
font_02_sfnt_off00010d63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D63 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
font_03_sfnt_off0001156b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1156B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1