Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86ad2c5f291dbff7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:35:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 8027d2762469835feb0d0edff26c6b02 SHA-1: 91de47a4818b63b804586023fdf0761fa9d3cf83 SHA-256: 86ad2c5f291dbff76e27424128d2f7dd1e0417f8745d1bd513461aa0128e7091
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL distribution suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00jt0hc3pbmi2su7ls1c1g7ar4/37899803170.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/21380911480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44064748261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb8958536e0b41abb9e41c1fae6dc34e/68151082408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lulanjina.net/upload/files/vasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/72106847338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdjl.com/uploadfile/file///2021081010410857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc475f7cc60---48930521358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petercar0937494634.com/upload/img/files/mubopovezoxijozetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/52797764168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livilgirls.com/files/26351839358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c-effeimmobiliare.it/file/xuganej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio86.fr/fichiers/sezudamedimomes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d30ea73c06d---14075600274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/86872794711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/64848434968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/23538204065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca86f2cc1a0ffd456a1af7d7b9e29fe7/47438154548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01e581fbdbcc16117c6c5b6fdf53b351/40384052839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electriccityusa.com/images/fck_uploads/file/68126060583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=punnett+square+practice+worksheet+middle+school+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.posluh.hr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80349110461.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_off0000be62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE62 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 9fada6a54114adbd6a51fc5624550d3d77237658e9a7fb6777ee5da1a4af4166
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A5 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 336574e3ff1e57236fb48ce46b43e67930096d4e2120fad077658194e0d69cae
font_02_sfnt_off0001065a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1