Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85b368dbd1646bc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-28 05:48:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3bd7b30c4fefb6b1afdd7de50659097f SHA-1: bddba6530d63e2017610802d2863ed9659940f24 SHA-256: 85b368dbd1646bc9f3a1cfb3da834682f9538fcf087f4696adc71e4c2daa5db7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or link farm attack. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://saokienviet.com/uploads/image/files/rexadabolabamulenomed.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/6282088789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607718c77a4d7---2729469047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/khcf4me77q1puu3fo7lbpdsagb/furomamemarozegeteketo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081668f9e907---32341125872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihaikndfbmjegkqb4dqeolval3/26681339949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rimibomajigusatigeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fezewufasaliledolaxosafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89710108945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2ff2c52d2c3749bca96c0a01681b5e/vukinipip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4639342368---nitupudepekireja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be4dfa422a7---87007213889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/14276933886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/11136380613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d8fca62c0---gadowekupifubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/37202918762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b8f982b80f7b3d88d77626227b74c58/jotekutawewifaxululu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081be96eeade---rukutajotuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04o8lq753bk44tp08iull19gul/dafitekifogugilose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3708bad8b---kisefibetopezetufibigigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/17184182156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810b80c6f0f---sigevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+difference+between+sanctification+and+justificationPDF 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_off0000edce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCE 16788 bytes
SHA-256: e9524ea2e86d774c1294c1bae6ebfd64d4e87a3fa9eaaa4b75e442825363f4ad
font_01_sfnt_off000118f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001310d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1310D 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 6e352eb511a6a955d19d5739deabcf7072ed10c5853a3860e0e89317fcbdd49b