Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85a2a23a5c3fee30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:09:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7f3babce48cb77b49f9527ad8c3df60b SHA-1: 4e3ac368c1898c3a5d4be866ec1a375f945d8a32 SHA-256: 85a2a23a5c3fee3038f74e30e3de22663d947e92c461c39a544c1a4c52025b38
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous websites, many of which are compromised CMS uploads hosting other PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/suvanudo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb603a9314---jimovugejutalajonupipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vpvrio7n7bjhl7av3k9aisptnj/75565535814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abce6bbd752---3226371608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/57834702931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6e1ab80f0---89904734916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c51567f29bb2afb3a26010bbbfadcef8/72648774742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad40c7a091f---wolepivodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/jemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/1372878202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b57e6a0d1d9915344693a32f04cbf4ea/62339900909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varogunomobifotulawotatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd9b99f944---jegolejeragujezobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/jozudeselufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/14794972142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00424588d163b1329a6bb075823bba7d/zakejikunizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c8b2ea478---lutirevupufoxavatigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b81e7ff2f17---pipunitokulorix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/47256288467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/87120731726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/mekazadozunifor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20210823131204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c45dbdd3f7356a23e9643c96ff5f817e/96770786746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086830626a3d---lilufopakupuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympusflights.com/files/files/jubopofilabolusinelojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/ratikefobozalowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=grammar+worksheets+for+7th+grade+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_off0000c5bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD3 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 54e4f318b76c0605cd3434d01e2b2162f986341d298438e263f5c5b71bc37a4c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF749 16272 bytes
SHA-256: dc21d60696c8fc15a980d43b04fa1c7b00eb781e41ef075ced54efba7dbc8d1d