Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b86edb5b354308b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.6 KB Created: 2021-08-05 09:19:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 44023669e3bc6dbfa7b31ed215ca5fa0 SHA-1: 235d5acd7ecd7c2c0de41edf102f5afb888202ba SHA-256: b86edb5b354308b1e6cd3e07d014d9b60b729400fe20e6d0ffff8081044177f7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=30+day+ketogenic+cleanse+recipes PDF link annotation
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff5876da7d347fe3900e6c435cf27e81/1861349592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupoaccs.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8957980781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d02bac567f4c0c616df7bf53df0f581/kedilotododati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdw-wolf.de/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50566084386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/klq3o4maf9mdhohu5v5i29rh97/dedalidafotezijotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b8285cfc9b23d2f28d8a64d9563d871/90802670986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juvifinorudelakejuxisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094160d5db34---xegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/11953187846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1325f84e5cc633d42edea3a0dc71b39/3225643635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stad327ngmv1u2a9ld92lrh134/zenigokafazivagaseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/novawulesipiwupogiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prhsv7eqqm9vjce53gpnhb8gmf/97803757801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/dujusomigelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/gejalarikekewixugixonafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d290fb3f7047519bec3c9e9c1d92d80/tufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56990994532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-7/20210607011354288519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m55k29af3crsaod4rfit3br2n5/50524844658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/supufidorazufik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsrbh5l07am4dpp675q1l4rhmi/xalik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://affordans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82858815504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc796c9287---jewuzexejutukuxit.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_off0001207e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1207E 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 6c67b6a78e7730814e7e27bee309de926f6f4f3d36f980641e57e592b7607d1e
font_01_sfnt_off00013a49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A49 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 8b9c66e01111db2db1f2d38d4224327b41652ca84c08f128f039a5bb55bd95f4
font_02_sfnt_off0001676b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1676B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1