Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f86ac5a215359bcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:51:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f34dce441ba5138449a1960583c668c5 SHA-1: 403b05167ab62e275e52104a2fe627263d2b2604 SHA-256: f86ac5a215359bcbc387150ed05b4c8661e2f71fda159eac082c2d7f8d48c3e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The PDF's structure and the presence of multiple external URIs indicate an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a0a88f1a1---84672589145.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/57545261061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpoggi.eu/userfiles/files/gonidiridamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsalumniauditorium.org/clients/f/fa/fa32e32112b7cad64a7d7e78b95ed61b/File/32365319535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antoniolescio.net/userfiles/files/nuwaxiralodataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c88c7062013a4b5ddb67c613bd616601/misimomepesufusob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liga-stf.ru/i/upload/files/dosudunuzolem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/96058135816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertexmedical.com/userfiles/files/fufatinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicubrno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57953764478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aumnat2car.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/kapomorugunuluserirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/28075360517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210813_023213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brincandoeaprendendo.com/fotosempresa/files/sumowefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102fefe10d23---77406748576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/67590792399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zisoxelivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsoftyazilim.com/genelresimler/file/juraluvikawiwimafelosopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieucoingason.vn/files/xuravegemevanunab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzmansporzeminkaplama.com/resimler/files/rowusadamokoferiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bcff3fd748760bb372d3de0fcd6478f/wekadowagemozipofapome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duquenne-moteurs.fr/webroot/upload/files/fekekuguge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanurturizm.com/rsm/files/55729184405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6150c6780---71194784223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahijau.com/contents//files/tukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=pierre+corneille+cid+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_off0000e97c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE97C 21540 bytes
SHA-256: 9b2009ff0f6d98490f12c3ec023249fb4bff8bbfcc66d58dc617a24e67353577
font_01_sfnt_off0001203e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1203E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13855 10184 bytes
SHA-256: cdd411d1247d54e7368b01dc9edb40a28dda20426c03881cdf37139d217d702f