Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86cb4a373fd6ad96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-08-13 06:32:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 93cbebc75cc69baa4b14b42b097a618a SHA-1: 144115fa5af478b4267064c60ab7671b4f22dd54 SHA-256: 86cb4a373fd6ad96f4af2e8dcd806089c83dea2c5c5abe0b7221d3807515feb8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary goal appears to be directing the user to download a secondary payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/18215863962.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/kuvilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f6d065fe0---40085521446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/xapofuvosaxixasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tucholainfo.pl/userfiles/file/93668453000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160feb50a875dd---99342467106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110183f368d3---96131579476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gintaras.cz/userfiles/file/45654453979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wf515345.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/borewipuzikinumobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuni.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/vebuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scheidungsrecht-best.de/userfiles/file/74788724443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/mavidiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088fa2eefd46---deriroguxivomiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bee81a3b5---giramebopamifeluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99c7dc3287---mafowalawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/rimonuzaditukixiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6c19f5a0ed79ba28a29045d1a78731f/vezimibabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0c87d47ff---lawidetosimagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/banawose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5880797795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/45849710395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609698e37aafe---12188467529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/37879664346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=grim+dawn+forgotten+gods+cheat+engine+tablePDF 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_off00011974.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11974 18192 bytes
SHA-256: bdacaa0f3ba70ff960129ddc778fbe16c28b52e5a67e654d7e6132944d337a10
font_01_sfnt_off000149d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000161e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161E7 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 4a6aa437ed36c8dcef64a9a7ba734004a29ead1a43a4c46361531af954b865c0