Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f863b576e3c9ea16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 09:55:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 564f91861bfceca8b91fd13060b75224 SHA-1: 855d26c7dc724542513b9c6038a0f4252e7eb279 SHA-256: f863b576e3c9ea1654f57d71ad2cb820d9ae5fe32bbefd5f7eb0e6ba410a007e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure victims to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=compare+between+soldering+and+brazing PDF link annotation
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/wimexisovodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25500149580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/62511733888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c88f30ff23---dazerawebukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcaa2c85d0---84835097088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afd05193f72c0bebc8f5a68cf04b72fa/zolagaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/bodajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f97cf146ed989af87a8c212aa079d45/rogasepibene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3lbordercollies.com/clients/a/a5/a537dd6ebb785c9f51a9b4acbfea693c/File/jagafatafubulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/jujaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coebmsf.com/userfiles/file/bovijavokoperugeveguginer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608643b61ae0f---52962175582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/53471257428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816b26c97e0---fafubojikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mamp1d2j4kook25mp51ga9vdvg/golisik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc38a58031---dowunutefegusakesemuzuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4obsoo097ohhk8q7j97bkfefg7/64993873082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/bixufenemeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a98b743b5beb4da2dc551083ebf33467/48895690058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/24335875598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternsheep.by/app/upload/file/16490908078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/rubivonoxosotefuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18bd53741a---lolaxumakababorogepowegoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.cz/files/files/66134302146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4ad26de8fb---luluzupepexoxedapufadita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c80a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC80A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE021 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 57def4249e72a5fd2fe02092bf3ed1ceac5403bd8b19237d30673f85f7ec91a7
font_02_sfnt_off0000f97d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF97D 15980 bytes
SHA-256: d8b8a1af757a7364c1bc016d5df2b3c218eb3d45399abaa82abf8c25962c0910