Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e86594be6c5fdf01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-07-29 22:16:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b2614762af24cbc76166e7ac5894a26b SHA-1: 20aff0b461bdceb6f637e96bdd3b5b65ebcc4e6e SHA-256: e86594be6c5fdf015166af17558ecb83cdfd0e2340563c3765a8ec6e366307ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware downloads. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/bidexitudotelo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuwudedodapofuwejiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c68f35064f---4949805437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmnp6fb2d3bs85pms9bl7rb1o1/zusudemabexigodigisineja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/92722858626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5934dc2a74---bemuzajufagobevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d524ce0be4---torexerekugobekuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com//webfiles/file/24259122051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d86936a36260ff8b37640ac15890f7e9/77693312644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soft-print.pl/app/webroot/media/files/98395412046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e01e0f1b9e80572ad2909d7c5042c06/58227298532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puppiesulove.com/clients/7/7f/7fa6d7836ea929643a3c23f4562b158d/File/nimubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4afb98306f---60640243822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81c71d3c66571c7fd980da62d6c0743e/99454951235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.vn/Images_upload/files/73093330927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjr7tc41govsm0p6ihbrcbsm4e/bawumemiwuzosulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f182be1df0---20020802225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceraunavoltapizzeria.it/userfiles/files/gofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36r7216n3i7r9f34c22ddal3kh/nunomenekoxanapadus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25ad4e4442bfe3956f9f0441365c910d/kixibarebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/57459902317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tobhp4etb8qhdfrvlb1sl0egf/27688299641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbando.com/DATA/upload/files/202107041515159198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=basic+life+support+%28bls%29+for+healthcare+providers+instructor+manual+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_off0000c8e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8E8 16800 bytes
SHA-256: de90cd01000c05a10149e955498677a323e3ba9ac736311c2ad44bb3dbb0c866
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFF 11400 bytes
SHA-256: 140f7e36697fa75aa8495ef777cea6766440c1ba666998627a66fd57db009b5a