Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85774d5d7ddfd84c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-30 10:16:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: c1827efb2e07d18eac8d914c4b23cc49 SHA-1: 178aad74523ffb6a18cb5975b09a7c04fc7fc122 SHA-256: 85774d5d7ddfd84c333b48786349ed85c8c7b91b8e8f1adb0c1ffc71f09957df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file 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. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10275794747.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393a78e127d---7664128069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/94142660424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gesonodetirejasogodiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areaengineeringsrl.eu/userfiles/files/42337591630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614490c412424---42338220011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominant.name/userfiles/file/1780533351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48cbab01d0591bbc754b196e14e910d1/guvoverinewoxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/bavisereramoxexijumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukogudisopivupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmbb.at/userfiles/file/92568311253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/debikuvowepejubovike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/8930550368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67562664090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021091716290473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fa131cb8c2a1f50c6836b32d598398a/nibudimoxutozifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/13995095792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210916_133B7B412168EB53.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/67806226070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/41944480269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.com/userfiles/file/35423798706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webkapper.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34034882796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=free+fire+hack+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_off0000ae69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE69 10332 bytes
SHA-256: a2b38fdadb726a1887c47f17e6c9fd5a774faa3f6b266e3c6f4a9ff4ec5e2ac9
font_01_sfnt_off0000c58f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC58F 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 5222e66ca731a90acb5ec09bf4d59be7abb506e201d159d97f4e98a4a8381d85
font_02_sfnt_off0000eec8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1