Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a986923367c8032d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-07-14 02:06:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a851bc16707851c88075e31a71a10fa2 SHA-1: 45f7a02b3ecd646e6d03ac3bf233c2a4c23cbedb SHA-256: a986923367c8032de880fbd5da7ae0e358300d5a0c5613ecf975f92c3a91ea8b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unlock+gwenpool+missions PDF link annotation
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c2526c54214f3c57f1a762942f7ec28/2281457221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feb99caa8190d31314fea94a7d97fa28/96880272514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/31405577608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/xudipoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b24130996fba8bbfe6301bde0a37081a/36095179826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/28036480741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9e03988c7---4261041941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087538822983---3128122594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bhqi8aiefccen4t9kba78nm9k4/dekojileduloburaxewuwirig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210630_141400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ca8fd6d3031e7257f71a49f83ba6fd/gawebowewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3c0f1d65c8---pikubofolubipomosadalome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d48ac550a---niradavawasoxogonupenovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cada7c1aec9---ronote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/lafodepasugesuneguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca7bd82163dd6599940fb01e127baa3/votugukokulofipupirizox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65bee4c0a415c4c1f30c59a6858a92c6/kegefokuwuxaxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6476eabe8cd903bf3a0727a585dd8ddd/rilujazokozavufivaxasones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49b186cb0f---67483283720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavineriablend.it/file/gofujururo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bhl0ks2df2ub8cbkmnjheosnbd/4043422541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cbdd559378666ae0a89dc12639479ee/tikadozokatinebafivozuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/toputalozaluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vunezuviwogafotabupa.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

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000113f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F8 18036 bytes
SHA-256: b39dde5d9566c61663a12410b380338b0c62dfbde1e476acbeeec5c28edf3e6f
font_01_sfnt_off0001434b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1434B 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 27e18f41ff175c90c15b1d60c503d5f485c211da979e53f65e266adf6c259d33
font_02_sfnt_off00015bf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1