Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 857ce88ba659de52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-10-01 16:21:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: ad46ac88f4d3f533acee684d214bfe53 SHA-1: 08b41444643eba974d898264fef31b6f1aa68f5e SHA-256: 857ce88ba659de52d0b3bf8e2b43bc1483cd4ab19a249801fafb5268fbe603c8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's used as a lure to redirect users to malicious sites. The heuristic 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' further suggests a phishing pretext where a visual element hides clickable malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326816aa9cd---3682971510.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e0921ded83---64699608900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecfde0549361b51b8315c97b13da40c9/58959096535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xejizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c29fe5eb0---4797347450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shindah.com/images/ckeditor_img/files/29888827367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coopinproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusenavolepaxesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architectureanddesign.it/userfiles/files/pifodikepikume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolaniprojects.com/userfiles/file/lurobenaxisivij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettomontanino.eu/userfiles/files/95224989137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvumucin.com/upload/ckupload/files/14728583663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9295364597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6d71c1181e18812a9829c40fb5e7d4f/29540204674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matraholding.hu/images/userfiles/files/24133696749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fazekaskozpont.hu/images/upload/file/virefafaninibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/47064344136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/71614645625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://85097781.com/upload/files/xuwemolomuvekuxasixono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevadhara.org/work/london/userfiles/file/67175198346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/19338442928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/60336864904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/40911906409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=this+is+just+my+face+try+not+to+stare+pdfPDF 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_off0000ad75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD75 14232 bytes
SHA-256: 0d39cbe15bf01a7015cb2f84520708cee462b28360712a7961eadb3424e42758
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0B3 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 14d34e13303ab6aabf354517b3ee1b7297c1d0eb425dcd865f337fb5081abaf8
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1