Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86b251d72c0ff7a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 02:55:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 64a352d3e57fbcecbfb9da5f9d80d498 SHA-1: cc3e126a6dc0439bba1e69ed6967e54faf1138c6 SHA-256: 86b251d72c0ff7a77b75323ef24f7631c7582ddc0d48c7a3212f00e25c50b4e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of external URIs and a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious distribution pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13738424f48a441ad74549987cc5e8aa/zijef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609732d413a1d---weverasiperolazagapuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1e3a5ac0c89d72271ba2bf5cebd2116/sijamaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cunningham-reunion.com/clients/7/73/7399477c88ef979e1ad3ac38e42cffcc/File/fomuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riondene.ch/img/uploads/file/duwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/dopive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/vozipedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/tetawuzepameziwexezigevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081532529649---17935657118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/303e952d49d3614241f12d7b73f38f8d/xegexavosivikikumisax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16212018947241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23950ba23600dfcf2cd4fe7b6d5e7c41/pisemimirariburemokap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/wupurinamovojarogimadib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2d468e281---70934952110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/krnc5ol4mhgj57252n5kncmf94/4083139404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/781179ea004807d408efcfe3301cb497/junumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/36138701126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gistfamilyreunion.com/clients/8/8c/8cbf0a40baaab9dd4734ff2cdbb1e120/File/melewubefezute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8370cb8ba---tazunilixubunavuxewuwawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acac7bf482---72632861720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f638bd6946---vibosajozafexanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gongotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210609_56553E5CB675924F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bojovicsirogojno.com//files/sexezorinusetodolizobigug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=teaching+and+learning+styles+in+the+classroom+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_off00010d9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9A 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 515400aca88e9b87212bb369e3dc68af62fba13280c77306f4f0662f81c045ed
font_01_sfnt_off00012745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12745 17404 bytes
SHA-256: b4712985c5bc012b684c649dbd8384ef89d2ef41582b72007fb2d88c4847187b
font_02_sfnt_off0001548a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1548A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1