Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86b1e2828fd47222…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 05:25:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 27df65339e357e039b46b70d59da246d SHA-1: 2da2640fe8388e32daec6e1b2852c0e4e57b5f4e SHA-256: 86b1e2828fd4722279f3293157943e5dfef518f3db0a1bebe3c2e365174edb74
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be a byproduct of the wkhtmltopdf tool, rather than user-readable content, reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://24cvety.ru/upload/files/49723098780.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67991639875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161443e2ec251b---5645793143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumosushingrill.com/uploads/files/gimupasuxaresejovunotum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kramor.bg/userfiles/file/13218673835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cabbb821fd---dukobiwaborugozikotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b29205d0c0bca615f88595228f5081d/48775179888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telorgabus.com/contents/files/revalavumefinabudewuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/jabujeweruvugumiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87409388898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/wexodajufokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taperagi.com/contents/files/tipusaxulekusosojadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d32b28c54b---6051888066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/81125455434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.ru/upload/file/60366442977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--hh0b97d8is16e.com/userData/board/file/77633773726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/4717926213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/8098905991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14940321901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camara.acessoainformacao.org/uploads/ckfinder/files/65987952900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/70259960642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/vuduxutakisojufadulamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ba7a8ba98---worabopada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/mivisugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misterholidaysanprisco.it/userfiles/files/10647910610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=android+86x+isoPDF 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_off0000b400.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB400 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC12 14240 bytes
SHA-256: 49bd57c9f6bbab75b45a3114eba10727d01aa1a4f96b6c728e7257cd022acee2
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3C 10264 bytes
SHA-256: b7bf66c4855dfabc4abce4039ead04d6ee652381f465bbc65a676690d194408f