Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df86206e9c64b5f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:07:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a69a20c04367918742dc70babf6ccb27 SHA-1: 9dc3b1dacad5d24b6d1ab2375f80cd10d35b6247 SHA-256: df86206e9c64b5f1812495546d8298126fa45747d1e309115519a09af0a0bd62
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malicious redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://inspirationforexcellence.com/clients/66491/File/gurekasit.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/buguseratuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c16d0e84d9ac29d0dc74a0d0df958d/mezilonixuxoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/51195863340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c174c2e0533ad326f3ae325d29ace8fb/35600441734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djcdpvflpqpg06s103hcdrabm7/vegexigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cac53491778733caac5f3e88eb04927/89795973389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f499e59da3---34423758474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/29619089001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lstrbgk36a0b5rm69ao66u6110/46136063696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiuman-hk.com/images/file/vonanexuxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7622d546055e4703612ebdff20225414/20205270984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8e925c79d---59111407046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98855b44f1---27685146350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e9fe6479d---1825948703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2153863037---9596369858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/jawoguxatatexive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1p6v91n3a1pttir7uarnnd0l1/58625167885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhd7skb6ab2rrnjkfmgsj7osv4/5179388602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/nolinojolokusifekaletuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741f51b6e0a---95343497263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079111dabc61---lujisipore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=object+ref+not+set+to+an+instance+of+an+objectPDF 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_off0000bbca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBCA 16416 bytes
SHA-256: 98b0c806052e0d637885a65ad5b571cb0a73e1796f52a0177ed7aab05cec1587
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B3 10576 bytes
SHA-256: c247c4fac0d0d94c6a52e86d86ad0eda6fc538ad82022dbac271bc11ebbc0b29
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1