Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85299f3071f5198f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-12 09:59:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 7892bd604df459ff4ea10bc2897f93fc SHA-1: c8aa7afad0fbaf33ffceb3c19fbcbd858ed0ad0b SHA-256: 85299f3071f5198f04288a74a0860b5def845b1c83c9f61af58e4780a5bcecd2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that lead to compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or submitting sensitive information. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=humi-care+eh+plus+instructions PDF link annotation
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/pemiwifemodupetev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/gosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6f2f7c277---3030572263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e7e44d26e---42478566614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cia9ctdrdu0e26m3i57lbd56v1/jononusujepeviwudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29d46c229a87ddf8de2f5ea33aca3184/dadunebagiteropeporitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/wawunelug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607679eca0509---doxivajefibinafumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/popidigubagibunebigogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d670765f62df24ea105cd001ec7d284/29821892643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kungfuclasshongkong.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17338496810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findusafranchise.com/files/files/94400582397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15a1456e592379594d34edc28b55adbe/dotudofanokilukipesub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/76355140555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://englishplanet.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tifen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dden7hs1bp77nqgd2tneq8k48e/bifubadafen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18141a6abb---sidadefuzavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4157e49ce2---ribuwajaxutefuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukuorder.com/uploads/files/kazugaxufavetojedevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608243c9492aa---nujixikopekomapajenifeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083402065839---99007900348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9829b8042---7361640763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austarpharma.com/upload/files/wegugegewalap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608031991d5e6---mejinegiwatesuzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/16394841906.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_off0000f31a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2C 17668 bytes
SHA-256: a7b81783869c62cab878517d801ea86503f39da2c938d5f33400290948d2d82b
font_02_sfnt_off000139b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139B2 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 2f171af042a22649411808cfdee9b0a0c709417afe2888c42eb9c8975e8af7d1