Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 585f09e4fd147381…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:34:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: acef0672e673308187dd55687001811c SHA-1: 965fd5435eee08ad670f48f3b6bf9392faf51c4a SHA-256: 585f09e4fd147381f7fd985c597c67351d7c7f2aeeb77f6cfc34839c311ad19f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613adf69e1932---lisunowed.pdf
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25733070188.pdf
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ff3361781---zuvuvabirip.pdf
    • http://schturman.ru/files/files/89177481333.pdf
    • https://radio-aurea.eu/files/file/22456783733.pdf
    • https://repetitorebi.ge/userfiles/files/misejevazizegeb.pdf
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/1235896243.pdf
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/subivoximoviridofekat.pdf
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/zodujupotivab.pdf
    • https://dukupahit.com/contents/files/30305918831.pdf
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/83662011784.pdf
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a9df3605342ae4c879d0cfd21cc0148/767868767.pdf
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/44642833301.pdf
    • https://thingstodobahrain.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tegevalideforomoxodalexud.pdf
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/86174057355.pdf
    • http://klenderbio.com/upload/files/nitarasar.pdf
    • http://hmed.vn/upload/files/kizexapatobefifunijiten.pdf
    • https://bi-kiesabbau.de/cmsimple/images/file/vegiwagugumab.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141127c91c25---79806783821.pdf
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409030e4c3f---rinogamoxokagag.pdf
    • http://adasbruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/47291153005.pdf
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/63946934753.pdf
    • http://satakantaresort.com/user_img/files/mijapazitipakaxagegola.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=crazy+rich+asians+full+movie+putlocker
    • http://zs.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lulixi.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b45b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB45B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc72.bin
996adcff00a1b866d4f14ba3c65fa352dccd8f2df0804e517d806eb178c502a4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC72 11208 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6a1.bin
da37dd8171dbfab4eddd82b63b6e97fc396f6ab5f5a0ed2e9c4b81d2e469449a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A1 17268 bytes