Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86ac525c75e4eef6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:53:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 50bfe4ca43d3016a1c867b03fa748b4c SHA-1: 4013ab0b5e68d2ead32b6b4737bdfd2a788c46c3 SHA-256: 86ac525c75e4eef6834a0773dfe3a66465e96b44e11c9f1e4b811f543c5e19c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or redirection to malicious content hosted on external sites. The presence of multiple URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d454acfca00d2bd2fc7cf99194f1582a/zotos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c39875d1f---61597823220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41bdd97c19e6af7cc396f0aa84fe20c5/pususepogatoguto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ez-surveying.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/doboriravuxomonefami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb86d1e9f0f---roxifugelol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b93bc60d6---degarimafijufapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/zeked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608928fbe7a5d---59778814232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/nokojido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/keziwibevuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/sivosetawumovojememim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b220aff00b9---pubodosudebubunonale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8bd58b8fd---28310274946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864cf14a21a---39195193496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53a62682cb2046a3c8432c7f8ef3c4c8/53500868777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53747667762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/26408464482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pisangmanis.com/contents//files/93524800617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smit-electronic.hr/upload/datoteke/49877540380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd451cba55---96292394392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/pifegazakareku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/92862274763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4m4bc74eie6oivl4dpjrauv50/jegimekanirolaxapawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebodyclubonline.com/userfiles/file/85615153077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82f68b2865a8bc2721ff3ef16a4578ae/4733348235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=nuremberg+polyglot+bible+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_off0000d303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD303 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB1A 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 56a720cd36e5a1a120383eeb629d00828e4f6140b3d65f134c42cb10fb68fcc0
font_02_sfnt_off0001035a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035A 19392 bytes
SHA-256: e99ddbe81459e1f9a711bdc07768a7f0ed9f14c0a246a5e8538dfc494df67e76