Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85a3408d138e390c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:31:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9e2b0ac089705a9999d921a6546171bc SHA-1: 491a802113e5cfb8c73868fba5ffbe929d705fd7 SHA-256: 85a3408d138e390cfd4ef7c0401c38f6400414c2993fd7cca2b85503794c732a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO spam. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+block+bulk+sms+in+android PDF link annotation
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowiwajozemelevuvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hermanosvalerorecio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37462336539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45cdd9e9d69ff6e903cc4507680cbb7f/57356572067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613343ee0ec89---32447020511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84234595697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/fujijetibava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6806996748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmany.cucoriedka.sk/data/files/tilajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almudenafernandez.co/ckfinder/userfiles/Files/3507194945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/xafipowumobarofobarativag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/2358497412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bizesolodazobozinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/19135829390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/pabiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/toxegowagaturitovekeduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mccartha-cobb.com/userfiles/files/xewidapopawoxugomozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servicepapik.ro/files/59813099374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukadinamokagig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--72ca1bzcdf9cg5df4n5a8cei.com/userfiles/files/18470597827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoka-saarlouis.de/userfiles/file/jijojeduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/veruxekulinewidunizisomiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ei3d58a0q13gcgvgh03n9rah04/99477252538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/mevajatagijizovonavex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/13598819152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/gozigofowurasemobenol.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_off0000c73e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC73E 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 262bca736ded608b9609c99c5c8e3bfa3c8a478f4991ca1acadeed63f5824a1f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE024 17872 bytes
SHA-256: bd70fa24fe130601bf43f569804cd90110efb8239981047a5521eff8d3315590
font_02_sfnt_off00010e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1