Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0585f9da53150db2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:03:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 96708d51e0c5caf4020f28b7dc1d548d SHA-1: e570a935d1cc223ea8e1c022caa7b0114956a6a4 SHA-256: 0585f9da53150db2cf222cbd6e30a72ba049b4853106fa740ffbec46fcd77a2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads indicates a malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The document's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting reinforces the suspicion of a malicious distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/lebeziwidiro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/75074122748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f86f82304fde665ed159943f6d991961/3420555464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d30e6af07a---5750654528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/582ad1f6860e389d8b8af61d0a36043d/78181237540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606df10c87e81---36918488250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coimbatorepressclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/33431145546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210826072128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismocorteerbatici.it/userfiles/files/74078094488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/35211268432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a3902d52df7adf0494a5c7658e56838/31794182372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surrattsville69.com/clients/8/81/8122276c22396d7fa0996010cc369f50/File/13024203427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/74762544505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/pugek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b721c062a6e---71870161794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrrc.heart.net.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/16370145879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/64480719485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2020227886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/majumezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2291729c08---65544286862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ca5b7fad0dcdf39b67362dd9470f7b/zetawerolosalilelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/32971610354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/bareka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=economic+benefits+of+globalization+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_off0000d5cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ede3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE3 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 7642eb85250127f79607ecec58f37d5d401e66c157e17c558f38733687f8a725
font_02_sfnt_off00010731.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10731 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 2d35777bd0c06f4e7ce963b14316311206d1a9ea4dcc58c00d514fc305217d4c