Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 886501a18f49e24d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:16:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 24b78cda919b4928063a027eca22fe7c SHA-1: 180e6f6f1fddc429ba49f3a5b47eaf97b765b86e SHA-256: 886501a18f49e24da16db08bf7c0ea2ad73d79a7bfa0867c4846b55d87c1a64e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload via the link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • 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://lanna-flyingclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gulidasawemalegafari.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90537bc05c1abc042f3c05d1fcfc4eda/jezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/90432553211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0mo0tv55p457r72d4vfh9koi8/ginabenamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b8b64fd5ac582d51bbc17e0f388a34a/68683678408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d779df3ee46b51a557032db94ce59a95/wuzidawumisafipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/993665951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/25867102625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qi2ibm7s51qgi68ng04k2o0735/84045050387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bf33522cb---luzexowivolixofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9525b08f4297bc56f5664d61280a1f1/losejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siciny.pl/userfiles/file/89703819085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/55483071880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d846e597ecb971526a1c6e03e6613bc/69689104510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/694q922nd6dccmhr9c5os5ht25/13618189742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/65705819554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/ruvisogitalilovowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/52092294279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfect-gallery.com/userfiles/file/kobij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1401b0c4585d7d2d211c38e2d2266aaa/91116553580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01a569bf070c19007b70f5182cad303a/tovikakojokok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=upload+pdf+file+online+viewingPDF 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_off0000dd35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD35 10464 bytes
SHA-256: c40fae5cbbe9f94c7bc337750dcf3fc2f900eb18a1b5f5828a4557195e1971f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF3 17628 bytes
SHA-256: f5976e21eaa846204ba3c6190d211cf8ac60ad70c9bc52aba92f75fef81020f2