Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85334e29ef5e3cc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 10:23:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 137b6ad0a31f3b3fcf8256bacf890317 SHA-1: d1657a2df18e9a2112242566d38d61e1f3ec6116 SHA-256: 85334e29ef5e3cc34f7ba2affa7aaa00089f02fdb2d0e3ad38095a4766ed61ea
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF document was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, specifically flagging it as a brand-impersonation credential phishing lure for Facebook. The document contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, directing users to potentially malicious PDF files. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the phishing lure strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to a credential harvesting site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=epic+haiku+android.
  • 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.
  • 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://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a3a1a0a26613b10e0e22374bc34a96/luroluluvog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/xedemizagowemapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/nabora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlinhchivietnam.net/userfiles/image/file/teges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coquicart.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/40976882117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pb-book.com/user_file/file/naxabakiresawepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/94652593694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130be1793ca2---tafaxezonodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariasangiacomo.it/userfiles/files/74262202193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synfarm.com/upload/files/58462801473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0bfe6eaa0---27103596174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/vozepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mogilew.ru/userfiles/file/komupitegejepujixegexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/43928592988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf0e3cd888---62694379715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/22849108682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heimundsicherheit.de/userfiles/file/deduror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/sitobise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/55893616936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/nuparojefimabenole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopabrang.com/images/files/17846167218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahluenfty.com/userfiles/guxugasutepukevafevite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architectureanddesign.it/userfiles/files/50161234261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-barrierfree.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_DFD404712450D083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poliinc.com/upload/files/deporuvagemekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1c31d76009556503e8d8a932a1c09b6/80341168196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=epic+haiku+androidPDF 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_off0000d4df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4DF 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 65998f0038b54cc8a0603c948f9adaaa6f7d58683417fb558cd7eb66050d466f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC15 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 6428628c79053d6c75c633a4c8d95d69b4be41fca38de1d0f3a8ce83b80af3c6
font_02_sfnt_off00011862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11862 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1