Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b85a9353a273055…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:32:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: db64c101a06bb7fbde69d3fbffb0251b SHA-1: 0da45c1e11c0c0067fb4e7f77526b5234e8d5f35 SHA-256: 2b85a9353a2730550e71e489fa1f6393176720f3f96cfa57c2f87602fda96350
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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 http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/3789535754.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1628638885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/56189850601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguatta.it/userfiles/files/nubulinep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartementslisa.it/an3_Uploads/file/gidinupupaxugujibiwuxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e361b1335---92769344991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/rusedanidatopomigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/66408888009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021070601291473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161241ababd088---95579860341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3100abd4c5cf86a27b5c097140dea675/wegogebirovitulosapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ieltsadd.ir/cache/fck_files/file/xofuwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078384452c6e---2293160614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/25404774645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd4c77cf93---81082179921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcyy88.com/userfiles/file/2021081721572473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/37365712533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3602c4971d---59464704963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/dupozusisapaluza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad203a868ef---topidogogut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/rujefexif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdale66ersreunion.com/clients/c/c6/c679c52642bc64dd8629b98fb95ccc77/File/99754362120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingbakerypans.com/userfiles/file/futajazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086125ebf32c---37156029659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac08jaueqnk81v8q2790brru64/nonajojizagagolor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3b3196b19c9fd4f7d3890d379954dfb/kegitexaxelukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+mk11+mobilePDF 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_off000105c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C4 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 77ecc678b9d0abb68f6317d8299dabb541c559d8ef3fd4e7ad4ce2436968f724
font_01_sfnt_off00011dae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAE 17808 bytes
SHA-256: 2735574e8318d515664ba38fdbee6b735b256734c6044d7cce0309b539fca099
font_02_sfnt_off00014bca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1