Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 585bf16ce0916d38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:10:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b17cd431933786e816105d49368e052d SHA-1: 0bb78f97e451c727c000d0c6bc690c95e1dd3c26 SHA-256: 585bf16ce0916d38c29f19f929c3d91fce9da55bdb1fdff66adb8aeec91b903c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The URLs suggest a lure related to software activation codes, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload, contributing to the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=autocad+2017+activation+code+free PDF link annotation
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.solar-ovens.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85334436959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hospitalityroyal.com/upload_files/file/54876902569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miraesusan.com/ckupload/files/dotivogulamosurufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lomasdelaweb.com/userfiles/2008.09/file/vagetixisomurub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/54765200962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/5421871205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wuwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401096551f7---liwuxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/bokonilajaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardatrans.com/content/Files/sokowadimulanipibibubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/24359448717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/bajiberaxiwetoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/21775700244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalqwerty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokiluroxixuxugaretizezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/74247496907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161442d1d549ee---tojiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/wavusalorufaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64083070469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumbulefendiegitimvakfi.com/resimler/files/19421965374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtur43c7ljm15ssar0jd6t5p53/jekudajekebigidumetumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--19-kmcm3c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vimutefujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/dafabamixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sesconbs.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadivilojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloisiquadri.it/userfiles/files/7668557228.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_off0000c340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC340 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 6e3bf3eb19885fbdf0db2689f5a7c4a36ccca6afae077815f3443fbf69af13c3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f36e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF36E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B85 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 54b3008b1d22bfcfae14a2776806fd7c5b39aa491f17871c5ec608958d6ae526