Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86ff6fd6783c40e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:58:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1825ee117a72b773449336ad09c1a71b SHA-1: fbe9068d3a5fdecda1b434303351cd60fd3e2e14 SHA-256: 86ff6fd6783c40e4b620cb57fe71d53c304c89b8f8283e96c75399e65cf0c49b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further payloads or conducting phishing attacks. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient for a high-confidence assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf3c23cb10---30599644955.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712926d8a23---nerijubesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/60642508043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074530a33cef---zamin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4d8b6eb6b---jekozibavotivofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lcb7fhksnpf05j6jlusnk4t411/88884895159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/xibojoliwigabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3df7801d96---84322839651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/42118468815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/8708543162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a37257cc90---39475254495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc37d77d68---51121166039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/baroduvalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90e28a2269cc8c3aa941d62b6b3357e2/jixowomoluxezebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dbeb82e03910319b6a8a81f6d0d0dfe/voxasigugikubuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d3d734261---87863712634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/18957177467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti-kuhni.ru/upload/files/lafipukepeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/36314996078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885f3cb15ce610faef1eea9c86260a27/xofojexigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf5093117a---25052790762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=emotional+stress+and+hot+flashesPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609081084165e---62824744456.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

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001153a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1153A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012d51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D51 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 465d6ac0bc40c417280b39a67d9af695a48e91645b8e3802c16ad2d7d1979a07
font_02_sfnt_off00014548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14548 16928 bytes
SHA-256: 2d7b93a3006da8d701dd98dc5c1ae46b7d08b52edb3a37b3d6217c61f23960f0

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