Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86dbce63d8908ed5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:32:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 68362571a8deb9966c888021a14ac058 SHA-1: ac6ff0b33638f8a1646ab4b2ba50164ea31314d2 SHA-256: 86dbce63d8908ed5566416c49f755a491c8a06efa1d0855e54f80f9193126b55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to PDF files hosted on various domains. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of further malicious actions or redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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.
  • 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 http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moseji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uelzecht.lu/userfiles/files/nawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/geravovoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/39805192723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/30655550956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/zewekojepenuremod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/57789678468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4vajbsrnb72hk5emib3pv808v/19825426477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53c39211b49fc1fc3426ef8153593a88/pudimutekebarala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1b93ea947---6258120511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/jisanokirunaleremugefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents/files/41004229566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609609a334fb0---43332254576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgwealthplanner.com/crm/files/28879487961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bipesemagigubezukeneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee97be86178---37966132781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24horasnoar.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37244769667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/41840514825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/79977673377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/lamitutalutivewokizejorip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qofnh0gtgchstuubij5l8o7p0l/vodoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/44367822591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a4lnjud40rcp43ec799189pn7/jazebabifajevawiweduges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec17641c40---47142930757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rusepress.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/2495963231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hovoehoonn9p8474kamsvr2g52/40634799475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=factoring+by+grouping+worksheet+algebra+2+answers+with+workPDF 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_off0000c160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC160 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d977.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD977 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 3c9c8b4fc285d1057d70f9251b5211cfadb04907b98edecfa00859c1c506b73d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DC 16928 bytes
SHA-256: f472bd827bb396ea82a549a6a5b1941fd6aaffee68c740c742f2c88fe8c6ca0e