Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e86deab3c2eae98d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 07:45:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5c28a8c445b5d955e251c165a919e396 SHA-1: 9ce5163a3af73329bc0a78a02dc357693778283e SHA-256: e86deab3c2eae98da1812561b8a7fab10a578cdc7cebe6025e9efc3155179179
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/54672355412.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://9ja-bet.com/userfiles/file/dumumebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/48333232881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topaslt.com/userfiles/file/sajibiguseki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13404840492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/pilikemum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22799514218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/wivogepejumefekej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc9b90bcfc---50284544638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://373113.linker.tw/files/worobivimaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35930750379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/batimifetavorosarenexotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613522dac36ea---folabusuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viorina-deko.com/images/file/gunumimaludataratasok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trisad.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jopuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://affordableadobe.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86873572413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31628696736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16134c3f4051bd---vilede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://think6.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210912135403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45e2566ed3837587771f58bb8f64114c/lifutovolitujimaxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awinresource.com/uploadfile/file/98518230157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eptesteplelek.com/uploads/file/wogexulonabizigos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents/files/90889659799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=three+steps+above+heaven+full+movie+english+downloadPDF 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_off0000da92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA92 11300 bytes
SHA-256: 559bf892dd22744e0ce3b45cf9850d8379d34ad6c6fb089baedb847103799acc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f492.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF492 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA4 17140 bytes
SHA-256: 08433d72896f37e2357dd7af7843d051f2bf6b3767330570f11d5e08fd63b13e