Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 084dc2dd657b6788…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-10-08 03:16:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 14285a7f5578668919af03b49a9c93e8 SHA-1: 7597bdf5ccb751b2dcd17ae20ce78334c483b358 SHA-256: 084dc2dd657b67885a128cbb67adff2de85f6fa34bbd9f448c6dce2bed6c9583
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. The heuristics indicate that the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://wiskind.com/filespath/files/20211002161836.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alcoquimicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziropevojopemisalawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/73194005597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://civicwomen.com/ckfiles/files/vavinamamawipokezovofusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crossfitbeeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jifadumuguvewijizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/noxebuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zerling.eu/nico/images/files/tikoguzidanonorifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpksieradz.pl/upload/file/84118620536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/13698915187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bengalroys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50952705911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jagilirivoposowoxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smsenerji.com/resimler/files/julezuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/go6f0r8tr0v9cf0ct54qgeg0n0/71821004198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramen.com/uploads/files/54358828242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfindia.in/userfiles/files/takivovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dfb6923c01---wugezirimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eco-translation.ca/upload/editor/file/fepivafomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d65c090850---tuwebaduvajazenawixopamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seo-methodes.com/userfiles/file/2216952640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/86351451710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solelane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vimefawaxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetestmag.com/userfiles/files/92791238910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/jaguzoserisegeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=awareness+meaning+in+kannadaPDF 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_off0000f1dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F4 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 3c578589ecb03bf2366be22d5783ec23295ee39d737ff2337994546f3b47f99a
font_02_sfnt_off00012196.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12196 20268 bytes
SHA-256: 1ea3981337c3be9832b5f14615c7baaccf34e285d239f95e5a5fa7c5ab22435b