Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca86bae8e703e069…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 01:36:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 84a8518cd3ad19a1d295075d0ba2bbca SHA-1: d26761010c8ce1fb959c0f8d5da17404048f37e7 SHA-256: ca86bae8e703e069d71466e857f245a872c7015cb81663496f3206b6b2e5a005
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

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 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gse+iptv+for+firestick PDF link annotation
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_127F65541BAFF76C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.info/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fudukurenajexepubagewasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/lusal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/bokuwaxebuduvevoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/68268143162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613956219b375---mevixupajisuwadinif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.at/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/pakujoxapopizisewuzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/memovinotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_7D55AD01CBD65090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://police8coop.com/UserFiles/file/97750249806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5128eb02b51a0eb6c6bca169963da76/27668369526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sledovani2.gpshlidac.cz/www/userfiles/files/94090190417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jysunshine-hotel.com/up_files/file/49091168074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stichtingech.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusujatemimejime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7acc3265f---83695552948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/87478504919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balashixa.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6788519886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13b742fe23cb0e815bf5daf2efd2c6ad/dokubamokuxasoruvazuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/dukibarusukolekezaweja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138745a40d9b---jowogoxojebadenanonupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/bisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a24e237f0---biguxepadazodazefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangtatmj.com/userfiles/dojamelagowejoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanghsin.com/uploads/files/202109020724014251.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_off0000e86e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86E 17152 bytes
SHA-256: bb6855063ce05167c23218de1cb01a7514f56ba47a04cc50c3e382ea66a392f2
font_01_sfnt_off00011574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11574 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 649481f2598f79737da3474304a0f2b879b60c097819a6f03835a90481339095
font_02_sfnt_off00012d11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1