Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85b4b89445085008…

MALICIOUS

PDF

143.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:36:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a86c5c6de33f9fcc7d31062cf4b6ec04 SHA-1: 561ab67aec1bea411f7a395f27590da104efd980 SHA-256: 85b4b8944508500845192cda7a5b822a47de8d01c6412de5d82f9df9c56e405e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a0896a364---kesizaxadexuxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kocarbon.vn/luutru/files/dofobeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sassyissy.com/survey/userfiles/files/tefoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stananddiane.com/clients/6/67/672a2699e369d648dd23e03de9deda78/File/2674803663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svatba-emi.com/uploads/pages/files/96190404507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607844a00be45---xerosikutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/94310624191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galafagejote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pearproperties.in/userfiles/file/potikobaxitodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almawred-sy.com/files/adminfiles/files/70466470149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/vumexujaguge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/50391440161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac201d80caa---pevisofesuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/bovakogilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771dc97f21b---jotibavirakune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/765de6c9add8ce27a9d6b7a4990abe62/27082284108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents//files/mixajes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/13450804951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36a7ec94e2e335a8af0ab804474522cf/molonimabarokamitop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/65860384850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a00730f57---54544324757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofitecnic.es/files.ofitecnic/fck_up/file/69625075311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866218c888d---nenefuwerofomeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocchame.vn/app/webroot/img/uploads/files/lomafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=sap+fiori+implementation+and+development+sap+press+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_off0001c978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C978 20304 bytes
SHA-256: 35c5203b200c21f76a16400c122c2ae61f129716638c90c705380ee18c8a6bcb
font_01_sfnt_off0001fece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FECE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000216e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x216E5 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 25f8ba15e996168b66a8bb56bcf1c1a5a5292534523d8ac8b427466147c7632b