Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e86a5ba381193a15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 20:14:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4917b7c5f714f6b0041bd0f06b66b502 SHA-1: 4ab44e0786b2d5590024675c182d5d70a84309c1 SHA-256: e86a5ba381193a15f23d36517bc521188f0c7db176045890d1a1de5ba4eaa875
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of hosting malicious files on potentially compromised or disposable infrastructure. The SE_CALLBACK_LURE heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam pretext, though the document body was unreadable.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qg6ggvu0i527fs6rgku3tqodq6/50374861362.pdf
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81a033ff876f5d3d0bd237501140d072/nuxewolisumuzixofenute.pdf
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/jifama.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14db824a61---misagudodebaxapegeler.pdf
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e12a8aa00---67398671684.pdf
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9578562f9c487504d89dd7a50ced422b/79222525262.pdf
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c9be6ab6bd942f7703d9df9a5e5c48b/9882667462.pdf
    • http://chinamakina.com/userfiles/file/tebizonolukurizotuxalotu.pdf
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00b8235ea7---padobamexidewezuri.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c2cd6a049---nufatojifi.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96924325e85c1445d6b1c52873541caa/ritudemapad.pdf
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608145fdaea52---mowijodudogajuxodupedinor.pdf
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ee2ca98704030742fbaea5cf8e2e59f/sunoxowopezopu.pdf
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/wunepusepafut.pdf
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0c85dd6ac982ab18c9fcbd8fe2a1597/95803388905.pdf
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/83489906189.pdf
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a0dl18t8jk6mfk87undt1ji0s/70580593971.pdf
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/10536498079.pdf
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021053110161173499.pdf
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75cc2e94ac---bukunojukixa.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a546549e11---gosex.pdf
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/39555605855.pdf
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/nubipe.pdf
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/wemutunupuzisidos.pdf
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/50671032613.pdf
    • https://siahotel.com/userfiles/files/xizawawidilufezurotafem.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=cpcs+360+excavator+renewal+test+questions+and+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f54a.bin
c99ab47428e2a5b49600abcd27316f26e658b8c206b2725910fc84ddc079ec7d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54A 17104 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001222c.bin
710cdc20842fd428347f97dea5130c1936d8d2d9449d3a7abef036b7d41fc914
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1222C 11500 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d62.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D62 16792 bytes