Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85a2c0a5ce63c93e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:41:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f95d1f832983af0560ca9d3fa1c27e0d SHA-1: dbcb87b61617a64f323f736124bc9f772f5eb245 SHA-256: 85a2c0a5ce63c93e225a4afc69921387ad1eaa0d910ac56e393508dcb9db406b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and a high number of links indicates a coordinated effort to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fed832ea3de02f560272031d7e241a3/nuxipebu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/66138148484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nvuch1f0gpuged9lkt83hcfv3/10049538887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/131fa446d26553698fa57c1a3025e595/37283479337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a17f6538fb---75300911078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/tarivajugufepokoxexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b447d12919a---fumuxexibevoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074838be08a6---tolafojozalujukivusok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdlpartnerss.com/userfiles/file/5674033266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/35725581803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/61997297269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff99227493---dojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/oxumaxijegapejevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24895061899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdd275be9f2---pevazupifafebig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3033b7c34d3dace6099367aea1a76dfb/nenubuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystemlab.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80927681367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adaa1e9b88---fokuguputazofelisalelafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///23022170577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c1d984e87ae1ef292e41fb5b4620a18/pufokagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unesco-mediain.cz/fckfiles/file/71057335255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/gares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/62002175429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/861f634c24e42989ccb7ef836a1b2392/wujizuniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bgrje99rjfbtu18f6r09hceg7/netopetiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08b47bb275---bozepuzesilatimigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=common+pool+problem+definitionPDF 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_off00013a73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A73 10500 bytes
SHA-256: e87179408298eff0800ddab46b70fec2f956035d28ba7449e7558554de49e36a
font_01_sfnt_off000151fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151FC 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 28c71add40a85daf5a6339aeee4d4b95bcffee3fa4ca51b4c3673ca88584c140
font_02_sfnt_off00017f82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17F82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1