Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 085c4c1d8e3d085f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-30 20:24:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ae2ac4ff8728881420265534cc810796 SHA-1: 61e33c045221ecab9da83756af6350edf0064ad0 SHA-256: 085c4c1d8e3d085f45f60c14f0ea4a4f5efb2a1692ab1cc52109d774e54d1168
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of 'utm_term' in one of the URLs suggests a tracking mechanism common in phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=justice+league+snyder+cut+soap2day PDF link annotation
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/poxelelosak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officegate.biz/admin/fck_upload/file/kosibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portecitadelle.portecitadelle.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiruzojuxepejebaridegugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reichspfarrer.sk/file/tomojakejesizixetemixup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcgardening.com/userfiles/file/2021092704230373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d341b3c8eec86d71fea21079191aaeba/37146159291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lighthousemacau.com/html_upload/file/jorixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/82758833937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jwconsult2005.com/file_media/file_image/file/40974071085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae3022f9a8b00b50af50675b373f384d/63837126286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/51820860656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiofruits.com/admin/uploads/files/7339514751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615320d36089e---70925435766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temdientu.vn/images/ckeditor/files/19216538653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/wobadilurixesedep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autokolcsonzoszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/61569076777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/15363697785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/14716450430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akoseq9f.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/76488119197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0bd3c9251ed692fd673fe42ce812def/81699854640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inmaabiladi.com/userfiles/files/89100222767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/koxoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/nopopukafilomejulatareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9083317110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/44628501823.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_off0000b3ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBBE 16196 bytes
SHA-256: 17482481dddfb66e233c7aaf5d09cf6fbc461c42b2ed2893877d37f9258b7f01
font_02_sfnt_off0000f489.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF489 11012 bytes
SHA-256: eda9850bed491ba8469de27f07144bf4bf84149ebe20642c6117e3be0d8b06ed