Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86e6a69c4da0b4aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-05 21:47:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 29a1cfada4d60b5293ba9737ded21440 SHA-1: d225b9babbe365ed73c8b6c872ec2be9c47fe4a2 SHA-256: 86e6a69c4da0b4aa57856bb28c5895d09fe271df61df32c1ab3a3a676b54f1ac
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+user+acceptance+testing PDF link annotation
    • http://snsi.jp/image/news_file/79817848579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965160c9c22---58459202887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea875362a5---resifofiritobuguzetovojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/lufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/72654927811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a6c676f2b---60465945444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/denonajoririwuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62185273302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210509055909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aa6633236c9e51e767b1d3f50a44533/fadigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yz-yongzhong.com/upfiles/editor/files/luwaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubkdo.fr/img/pics/files/bariwofoponaxisivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e047de06bb---zufutememokusesaweweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/tubefodumezitema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmoscm.com/contents//files/ponikezozaxupurozala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcd80e6021---18472474530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9e0872050---34670286758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6n9picosmqg4o2h3qsvbku7kc7/38667581595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///32184293648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/17608103476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/vetoranetatatixodudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchunghadong.com/uploads/files/92055568593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wardwrightself.com/clients/863644/File/8914485431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongnuocdenhat.com/upload/files/30357227364.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_off00010553.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10553 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 1441d76b29df57df98d3a295d6c16f96cdbc60d51a6680e450d9b5da785c473c
font_01_sfnt_off00011e03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E03 16648 bytes
SHA-256: f7985c0d8e1999ed04a53eed5723d3af0b5937f49cd52235c15f925a655e97a2
font_02_sfnt_off00014966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14966 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1