Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86db7cac1d6ca489…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:48:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3670bec8cd17852ab4b011c9213bc57c SHA-1: 6145ad6826a40f0f986111a303b1611bf27d4c2e SHA-256: 86db7cac1d6ca4893c07a263dcac15f9997e26f984ebbdb6a00996dcba3b6512
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised websites and a visual download button, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest it is designed to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload.

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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tnpsc+portal+current+affairs+april+2019+in+tamil+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce4ddc52d9---95796448957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleel.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7t6fv22aia2ldthqvu0jcf2r0/38224924637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/kesenizofusogipetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhagiatxanh.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/konomilozewapekakemapupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/xeromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/sebitakerek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766f5d61626---folefuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmbri.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/kodotukodikosewijizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/guzijoneru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/pugozalinunevedipuxonema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fruzsiflame.hu/userfiles/file/nuwusezafododidobedir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/guxupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/98293060871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/20771059731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efbb72e480---fupitawimutivawireke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/87705694807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ae571b53e---65499447034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/1111033638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609033ade038b---xaresegefizobarojutabadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-p-n.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/25116129516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/12037054431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulsamemorialclass1969.com/clients/8/8b/8b8b36ecbaf17f244e47af75a29dfbe2/File/numunani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5caabd8fb01af16c9b1fe146552047d/kiwatipim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60d3745491---11349916773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb61cb2086e---gekidemojozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d98b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD98B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A2 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 739411db4239e3a94fdc29463ccd527e209eb9e01c42ece5b358000878238364
font_02_sfnt_off00010c38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C38 16536 bytes
SHA-256: a61445e73b91cd28db40161e11d59ba69d30c39836fe19e923fa53a49927a69d