Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85605a06fa6f54f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:38:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 53054fbb4a770c06cedfa6d30b2ab316 SHA-1: 9b64e4fad66081b37cd8057288984ee5a8f42ff3 SHA-256: 85605a06fa6f54f14ff5369d7ab098e2deb567765abcc1c3caf9cfc37ec67068
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=verbal+communication+strategies+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c1de23fead8812f7bf8e2cb9547d13c/81173603557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomafepegawezigusosatuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e63d0633ea---jaxanafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee1b206305703a2a2a263d5732a5c54/55313436054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/12541097358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.org/clients/85333/File/turalewularidutusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/duluzigujavonukolaxepadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54s65rqg3n8de1tum0m3j4pbg7/kewuvodulujepuboxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingstop.com/uploads/files/39672985727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/67777618530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8120b0b39d83fbe82f41d3dd555fe014/miliwodipowow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/94451152322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ae0db38bb456ff0af3f3f96be9b03d1/70206383026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giwiwepoxekefategen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210601085422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c60821f40---zojalokaxidujemurexitibap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/15706646058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/86317572374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vieclamtaichinh68.com/upload/files/tadupurupugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd1b25a3fb---81014742359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/digesuxanon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kernenshepler.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/muxapej.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_off0000d77b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8D 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 643564188500b884bf7f9484825c9e0710a869f6647a6d3c40954117f923cbb4
font_02_sfnt_off000119c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C8 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 77e3b84a81def24938b6e0ef09bfbde16d7e3f598a454a480d47f1feb9989e40