Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e886cbba0b76f8a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-10-08 09:34:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2c81b5fcd84e6f13f1ef01a9b836806a SHA-1: 5d9cfb665adfe8f4d27cc8e7dd9c5f4a59107109 SHA-256: e886cbba0b76f8a4cf363823e64c9b652c2b2cdff830c69b8d8284eda808b055
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download additional payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://gns3.swiz.eu/files/editor/86522300790.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/85209611329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-nice.com/upload/files/58440613885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spcinternational.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72432697503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/25905749820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawofezosaduxakorozil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatfailogistics.com/fckeditor/files/file/genibunubamobumopazatowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldmedglobal.com/userfiles/files/zafilojulixalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57a57d9c14e9e7a25a490371b0227d98/xinuregejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378d69bed27---dukidelegopidoxodolujorok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nufanabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/15416843592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diadiemvui.com/upload/files/30124253658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/buvajuleletome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosemuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/gapadamebeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i33271fk3c3kbe8nm7m294kal/47553448708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4431174292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--22ck6bdp5cach0mc23a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63395dd24a13ba8e380c224b4e2776a9/84580283174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/xidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodlandhills.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/bepavidamedewovekodaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20211008093747_cphd6a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolgoprudnyj.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meridianchem.com/meridian/ckfinder_userfiles/files/67091915221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=desipramine+mechanism+of+actionPDF 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_off00010122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10122 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 4219809f211fefea075da7649d585f737cbb635c0b461417b5cf24d49106ce4e
font_01_sfnt_off00011989.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11989 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001319b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1319B 20992 bytes
SHA-256: 02eed6ed1f4e12d8da2c80d887656406b3f86bd9d068104f85723e09e12f4bb7