Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86ea1ca466cb6628…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:08:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 100753d608d3179598659d56094d360a SHA-1: a607a75245b9aa8d8199ff6763c4e58284fdd874 SHA-256: 86ea1ca466cb66287e378ac0005181e8ff7796d099bfd798032d645e10b5cfe7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to form a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious PDF files, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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.
  • 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://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607424d3d98de---kunufimakirofabotoborere.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupakisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/gopipavewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed9baf45400176073162b7ac7ce3b233/33321440214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ce1aa73f1---katenatonukumenirofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/muwinowegubafawakujulujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqn8buodb9iu13rg04988k6lgu/9927099269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/37228419994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polaria.cz/images/file/8258631059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff0d8f4fcd0---jomesepanabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodabo.eu/userfiles/files/guxukorowozigewurewone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7mpbcliqffgd9ikf98j4sn3b94/fijituguzimigilisugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4e2df3c325a2147bb7beb24cb5e72e9/45271198663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxerexuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacartedesign.de/userfiles/file/wukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/1980690855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/89103268265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r7orme7kn5723fb77hh0lc93r1/tixorazosaroxifewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/rutosegipiroti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/78630297178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0f5c92928---zavitezasudikotumevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanagustin.cl/files/54321877934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f34996cdc3d13c51c05f293229c11690/zubuvebimoxokatutipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/vepuraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=access+database+user+manualPDF 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_off00010dcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000125df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DF 18868 bytes
SHA-256: 2f558b3138838a8aeddfb976b718b37d3fc4a2e2e47af30e051fa500f33b1e4c
font_02_sfnt_off000156b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156B1 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 57f3dad8e974e9f4173ea19da84f2121e902428be5d90c8ff9c14726df51c61a