Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c86dc521f18912bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:56:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f1185c2a99251e0e30e6e6164d4b0b1f SHA-1: 87fc8943034df0b369d83dc951af116524901095 SHA-256: c86dc521f18912bfc119242022a14aa2d53b2e5b509b8f3eb894771dc7e6ca53
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://gartenbaukoeln.de/uploads/files/fifisuzovovaboxafoxopija.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b69173cff7---64318175862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/36814046630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarealestate-eg.com/userfiles/file/xojijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25c09ad019f1bfcbf4a96b544e1148bb/fepevaxoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/orawomumafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hobh7d91thavt0b18djoanf6qe/wunatusewugepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/95657018174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b02107d3ea---56502845730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.red/yamituki-n/uploads/files/tukubetaxufogebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarang.com/basefile/files/vasebivegexuvuxawizix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c36a50635---99200503419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62922259472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qblpdtrefge5q0d0ncnct45l2/13022787602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dt5efe78cmbq0d6jtnks9sbre7/9584683621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/24020592766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e98aac3c0a2a4fdaa9f5e9576a6f9ee/mexijivalenutuxajigafebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102bbf768d0e---47590331993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/25298278177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanghsin.com/uploads/files/202109030053027567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tapuionoticias.com/ckfinder/files/tomejudebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df9c93251e73ef66ca6c1b4e6527859e/jadomanuvomuleto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dannysacademy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/698824052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/46072498995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=fair+play+class+6+pdfPDF 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_off0000eed5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED5 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 9bce483046dfbd2a3efeeee19d8a65fc12a417aa4f7c3ee8a174eef9e28f9b2c
font_01_sfnt_off00010688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10688 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E9A 18328 bytes
SHA-256: ab48a20b189cac7c53d4c9b5b8de1b10da926ccf3150b560adb0b5d15c1748d7