Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86e33161b0724915…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:42:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b120fc213e1addc42b54547d088fdf5b SHA-1: 08d2ee6306d82d87d1839bfbbf0f33d3892fd8d8 SHA-256: 86e33161b07249155a23ec7779d2f77e2ecddf3cb600c7cd729e5bac5cb7796c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure and the nature of the linked URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ub89ujqu318aa6efak0crcap9n/45711351206.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58574cb3ee737745b1372f63880ef8d8/25258490133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/vefata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bcfb22c2c8---negumumirutegurawepase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5b2662d80577aaf1d9be7460cb47f3c/sobonozepamimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ddfaedca95---32763091750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/53921140281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f609a904b4---gimiwezelawitewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/63115619212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a083fc2a30---33169045995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/logiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/99352430398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gkduoido4hpd9rgar1a4kvu9j/vajaxitexojufifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents//files/80070514920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/nibabiwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecniconuti.it/userfiles/files/92822647392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e67f3d4233448f0a0acfa506b407fcb1/94855379063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da6c3a7c59b80226def68bf15205db40/4048474493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/81095153932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6817696478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raiporjai.com/piceditor/file/ninaseseguzuwumamod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/91316703145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ef70b403edddbcb7e30ec18992b70dc/metavupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=electrical+safety+awareness+pdfPDF 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_off0000e18e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE18E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A0 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 0b10caf5d6b73598d726e4b4e2feed54656bdc9ffb948ab9d4ca1ae5efc8594b
font_02_sfnt_off00012669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12669 10676 bytes
SHA-256: a961e5624404107e9456b218c2ce93db6150179f871376f9af673a9500fd6aea