Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b86aad40eb8f4af9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:48:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 82e0e872ab340cb096674c096d5ff26d SHA-1: eaaaddbcf3379f07a373c194e6a494fce7930b25 SHA-256: b86aad40eb8f4af9c56629185daf9e4259086121f7f6759a4fdedb6a99d0d340
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially malicious sites. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external resources, likely for phishing or to download further malware, aligning with the characteristics of a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+chicago+assyrian+dictionary+pdf
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70c5f9b5bf8f8edc4c9e506e8e6e9991/49138052581.pdf
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7eedb4537---tiguponezivifiseviwo.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebb3865fc4---56318711032.pdf
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/90159065263.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6fef0a8596---gimogudinolekesuretoneram.pdf
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8080e4bc7d---37336381379.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1ef11ded62---45864689870.pdf
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b26d63798---56438261427.pdf
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f50f8f852496c5ad8b47e801385803e7/48416857567.pdf
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/kezedel.pdf
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/nubezuvowakuzoxexez.pdf
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/wikazetija.pdf
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/59127445040.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d90c7a3b6---1329525775.pdf
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a462b0d558db78f723d53f5a0a2accd/62128126144.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5023c2174---52327188528.pdf
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/23413487960.pdf
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/589p5fdedadtssp7m2hu4t1c34/51442263473.pdf
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/wepexavugoxavanoru.pdf
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/votora.pdf
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/52138404672.pdf
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvnbj356pt8578e4jvc4ic761r/22675351915.pdf
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d397a412f1f---2796821279.pdf
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/va0e89jn3q0bn9bofe427r554d/pavakutixugofekoj.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9a80e7783---22781957667.pdf
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/63294677667.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e1d0.bin
252fa2c82fa973fb9ae01ee8d1c270c89efafb6e6236c6470079d4228fa57845
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D0 10932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000faf2.bin
f06e5e0ac98ab632e651cabf62b7a8d58667e10223099c6c41296bd6e9a8708c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF2 18460 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a4f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A4F 16792 bytes