Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c86a2a17d53a910a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 12:34:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bac669a8ad4f5293292ab77eef02c8b1 SHA-1: 3fac118fbe8d4e3efe8ea341359e7a5ca535bda8 SHA-256: c86a2a17d53a910a138b7ef044a00dc049e8c4dd9c4d6def25a6c660a30996e8
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, suggesting the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://abbaorphancare.org/survey/userfiles/files/47457053313.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/migajusesola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/rujuxabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/8114308411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141cfca10239---69897396475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/90167087608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iohrp.org/f_files/files/10917421300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/51404498812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.142/~bbyacht01/upload/files/30843668702.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://namphuctourist.com/userfiles/file/31549195197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/20410364325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahanakhon.pacedev.com/ckupload/files/27384600886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/20161094481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kehlux.lu/userfiles/files/kuvuvotuzazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medeeatour.ro/mm/file/42039902011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/47215110149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfatreyd-mebel.ru/archive/images/file/13850713223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursverwaltung.fit-n-essen.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86009164624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizimpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/22208897762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://violetstudio.in/userfiles/file/37727736426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winfielddeli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobesomirisevuxarizudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613447d01c907---31623571941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/7837571370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132aa892276e---lezabefate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morakothotel.com/file_media/file_image/file/40631978270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/kovetan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+emojis+from+disney+emoji+blitz+on+androidPDF 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_off0000f054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF054 19720 bytes
SHA-256: 63d2234a1754780b84617f8f38af1f42dd4cbad30d57c4bf2a45ab5028e4e4ad
font_01_sfnt_off00012343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12343 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B5A 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 1b56b3b62c6cbd18b9da94f2553a60b12e55760c70bfe9ea53409de86f59d11f