Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f886687f6270a2fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 19:17:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5c03cca3f733d6060827c4795d59b2a3 SHA-1: c9ecab0f7d66d5b1620a3646a4899304e71603da SHA-256: f886687f6270a2fb114594ecf2b9c837d3332659ef738b543f5566ec068f8ba8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous external URLs were extracted, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or are part of link farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9800

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/guloderujewezogakavika.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609273f3493a3---67237868578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonellascarpittadesigner.it/userfiles/files/24002735590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60520db75e1cf2e8ef89a7dd56b8788d/mofogafupedufulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/20930834534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/luloruvafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6856ba027---19495603452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cddf57548a074c659d058340b38db70/xabivakiwojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5b6f30ae2b588bc786ecd412ee95a61/radivebigomajovijupovokok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29344457030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/41058046975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3340472e0d---tikawekibabatuvelazumeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a08ab04ef54e15a3d75e778e1463afb/8877706805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a972a2d824a2cfee8c92758e63ee7de/dofanusufizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0a60b723ca881fd0dc178394bc266d/puwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7df232b9df---57360807710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afa00c66862692a596eadadc338206d7/jumuzudaxeweziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa875cf3143799965a9ed06b1978060f/zijuvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///domulipiguwisiporinalune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/12867856883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbdd3443910001616f5dc0aa868f4734/37798043004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/87078366338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/nesigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/madisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/98588522674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=mcq+on+english+grammar+with+answersPDF 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_off000117b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012fcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCD 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 52767a5127427b40d66d6c2fde4ee998a69f787194d97f5148a9b78f981d5b66
font_02_sfnt_off0001489a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1489A 19572 bytes
SHA-256: e24c97a78c519706f230339626a7569af97911b9bdfa791a1684adf29bc42a1c