Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86b37402371dfc33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-08-29 04:59:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 164a63c5019808314f2d237d1517e003 SHA-1: f1418456355a7da694f24bfdf5041e21a1222371 SHA-256: 86b37402371dfc33acb40737307133c74d4b6babdb08d88b833f677e9f5978ef
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning to redirect users to further malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

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://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a57bdf72dc86d95b8ace7bad31dcc00/zusaren.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3f79142d8---65130375834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f1daa4fe9---10824317156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19897411433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/geviwidage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/nomufanojavetezolubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartament-krokus.pl/userfiles/file/kunuwitatizazalab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24horasnoar.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuruwogigagipobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/74174044428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65e4a173e75a9d8857ccb221a26df86f/kimaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62292097978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c759b5fafb---86223572560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11049929238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/20435035853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09de2ef240---dafiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb7ff9661995fd61a0b4a63998843aa3/gevogoguvuzowawepofama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etl4b357btlgsso36rk6q87rb2/75612808487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607529e7d417b---nawefaxewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/mulalofekapimixuwenene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/94358143167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amgaa.org/temp//files/ririkemuganaguputegezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/userfiles/file/jozuvetibakibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/ravizisexofagezuritamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hchoanglong.vn/userfiles/file/55265790375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=systemic+sclerosis+antibodiesPDF 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_off0000d08c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD08C 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 82f9e848ead0d8d2fdb70f601e07931f2e74097bc833a236f01423a6f5c17771
font_01_sfnt_off0000e99d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000101af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101AF 18080 bytes
SHA-256: c4aa2523f6a67a1b5c59f69ec66810c54e2922ec453405e0c693250d67e8cb31