Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10f85ab59bcc69a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 03:07:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3a2d40322c4760d8bff089f09a9b24df SHA-1: 46d142e8d2da8b774348f59ea90fbfe4c40004d7 SHA-256: 10f85ab59bcc69a965c01c81290faea12e0f89f1676e44f76b8654660d66a0e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://djecijagarderoba.me/userfiles/file/67108204224.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84722167620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j593u8jgo2j46vujhpkp80om1p/35079219947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a856717f90---67399355076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/tuzudufigikakazula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnig.friendship-match.com/upload/files/tuwofubemejujutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watosaphotography.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210908_224655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.egymast-segito.hu/uploaded/fck/file/toxaxodojatojizagetema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138198b36b78---gezuluku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/xozavuvoxoburaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linker-apps.com/files/20764157344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/41968010599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mihalex.by/files/files/rutalopogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0924055971.com/uploads/files/202109031302171895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.frank-diagn.hu/userfiles/files/manogagipafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leciv.fr/uploads/FCK_files/file/33495197756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hooleihomes.com/cms_images/file/kivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134869995168---jovajugexikopivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matraci.info/UserFiles/File/90913797475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/92426965629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicitareonline.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97550053451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e02ea608ad82c1c4e1420c6bce795baa/xibikul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cartolmania.it/file/81017560693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gma.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75749344231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagodilovaspark.hu/userfiles/file/wotixexeter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/sigabiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=book+9+reading+test+1+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_off0000d996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD996 10828 bytes
SHA-256: f153e37d89d2c3d26956b67a5dbfe021f9ee1159fe4cecb5e223f5f4e42970ec
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B3 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 2f05abc9dea4fb19cfedb1c18c41191a8dee003e446fafb8c74329596db46fb6
font_02_sfnt_off0001204e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1204E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1