Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86f4e3fa06acb9dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:14:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 87ed69f40849b9d17f5b16d88164de62 SHA-1: e73a592efdfe8dc02ae178698b6df806ab59f091 SHA-256: 86f4e3fa06acb9dc8f0f6e7c92689a4858bdba87fe032c811e87099c831bdc19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely for downloading additional payloads or redirecting the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvowewas.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e77eb8f82---dakuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/557296784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/16793498386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b2b432561---98164166589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/rodagiduvupaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9a0f7d5d7---laxineruzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/senitilaxunas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtbch66lo30r4e2q1kmf6qm0t5/46770318520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimumquestsolutions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39707652065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc08d286cad3b1e4a6877db6eeaf9c09/37207674099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202108081203221355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4b02a75d8---vovamipivuvifizezenenuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccd6891ccd521245b35ea88d6e642008/viseruniguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a47b3f7ea3b49aa2a249c7f803835f7/57605371519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf652ddd8d368499502a118ef851f63f/33984646613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2d3fb6d9e2cede2dcacca2e86d5466/pezisipubazerexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/kasajibowegosofezifuvim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/27180473244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/620ac833c50821399d2060ce35aa64e3/bupudiwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/98798561710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/36979596285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tebsc.com/clients/84181/File/73418095481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://108homed.com/userfiles/files/53412428264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cc6a16959---89396393160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=critical+micelle+concentration+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_off0000d666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD666 18196 bytes
SHA-256: eedc003d0b01d9ab414677ce10ca23994c2c9c2e203d5169f8428c56d14a9c13
font_01_sfnt_off000105af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105AF 10644 bytes
SHA-256: ee8b435c15ced15b48cc704260471cca32759d1e267fa193b5d6f5f4b3435eea
font_02_sfnt_off00011e03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1