Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86c5b9de269b5ead…

MALICIOUS

PDF

165.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:11:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: eae75c6f31d15869875239cf6d642697 SHA-1: 3b91c733d23e78015d284e484eb2ffb1f9c8f640 SHA-256: 86c5b9de269b5ead71e5a483d4d48f38bfb60205cee786763c84b1764d58a911
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to potentially compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of a 'Download' button heuristic further supports the lure-based nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b43bcd587a---pinokijurabajazor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad90cc23c15---dolenepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmare.de/userfiles/file/66197638383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a2bd1312a---mujigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/gerijiwamigasetegoxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/83600213044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914d9b1820fdb0c67e0a551767841dcb/kexerekiveko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40ba21f1cb---wolidokogesumonowifejorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotronics.vn/userfiles/file/38465435163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faxik.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84758937275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjf4c1p41gf8o6jgc05to1u95f/tupojokerevitotorafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad1709e8c72212f17c4762d1cbfa76ba/xejixatekita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d58115280c5---97701397104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/fodatadugesawuxuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3566053ceb---5175666290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c3212d24c---98347718853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/77212241412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/jorakelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/kolatipozoziwuturusamib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/181b4246d62b9db95945a9c0f4d34bb9/vavenatodivepowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifver3eobo2nuoar9ess36vlf5/53428676004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/wivolududa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=zack+snyder%27s+justice+league+2021+free+onlinePDF 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_off000218ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x218EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00023105.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23105 11380 bytes
SHA-256: 0ca108c0634ab6cb639411bdf80998610f733d465abd69372e19534b6c56db11
font_02_sfnt_off00024bf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24BF7 24044 bytes
SHA-256: f02c602af7c0b23a2b636a3f77bcd86649947cdc7d6bdd96023079c5beb80bdb