Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86f83a8efab027f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-08-09 16:43:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 1db4d883e962b8f24e1b12fad66f0cf4 SHA-1: ea166f06c59674b76f4856b9ffe1c7a9261dd32f SHA-256: 86f83a8efab027f919831bf7f9df8eaea3be2dc6bbfd6c72066e89badb560c41
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a password-protected-archive lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/vorifijanukudebozewibife.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/maniwelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rapufuvovivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/75335307337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d33e7604dd---31435947409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/33536921356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210730_BEA2D84D581CD63B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/79536652241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/5579012560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/viromumise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f0fa0fa74---govav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/66415319524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.org/clients/83264/File/92013142509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd9463f7961e80eea5466163f01400a6/wolotuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/7711490264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnationwide.com/userfiles/files/90672773933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariaalbese.eu/userfiles/files/vuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellev.fr/upload/files/81109647865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wittnebel.dk/file/tajorolopapopikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779da0139e0---9335632271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/53478747942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/56194672308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfaslvgfkuh6otpm8klonj0q2s/15377654045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=clinical+textbook+for+veterinary+technicians+9th+edition+workbook+answersPDF 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_off0000fc6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC6A 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 0ff6920b5d0b1380d5df5f69961525caf96d06a642e7e5aa87adb4d0bbde2e8d
font_01_sfnt_off00011746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11746 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 534294bb06f9b7f9daa882b3ef05e4431d064eae3cf2f9695213e82cfeb4fa7d
font_02_sfnt_off00014552.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14552 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1