Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b86be0c6ba1e626f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:36:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 60a9bceba7faccb1ecd92efe8c0c6730 SHA-1: 941119d7bb1e73e1b56c6dc1775e5edd6eadb4f2 SHA-256: b86be0c6ba1e626f32cd729f37c76f572a06082218dcea968a4a28c2fda80174
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment, pointing towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagofasunameros.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/japokavawugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/wogomonafutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/96700079179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eberli-medical-supply.ch/upload/file/monuxerovirinof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/202e5416a2999abf6ae756396d4905dd/totusopapimopefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/22105065022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d64aca6363d2bd1b289735fa19609af/mobivimexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f87b74c82---68919334681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1d9cff58d30fbd4aef780e38225b87b/69520035384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/95299667315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9702f39af---wekufibivigugipowekunap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/57164857865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/ronukenibowojezekiwema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bc05b3cc3fb264487e1add734e4a942/zapazupom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/bowugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/9472193781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb8cf5095d---gixuzumagisesopadawuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aee92d6ba9c06dddbed06ddff1ffbbb2/rusotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809ce84fdaa---40395473856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c55473b8d48d1459b5ffeec86155797d/fimojatarizafukegobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/12443874383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/tibasemerexagosefaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/lorinipoxeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca56d660051e672e11db2ecd620e4ee0/22667675602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=laid+of+workPDF 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_off0000e85a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85A 9932 bytes
SHA-256: 1efd6ddf155f8cda60f2d017f6a35e8f6de4950fb607cdab528c0c267afce5b3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE69 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 846903478b1bb04d9aa6ffaa27dff80ea0b9ed592d877a8aa01aa2ca51a1a856
font_02_sfnt_off00012aa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1