Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85bad17d4ec79614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:59:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d0d00a69c9e2e421528dba48c5710d92 SHA-1: 42d4a0b195e113ca9bf9df43c1815ea6dd8481d5 SHA-256: 85bad17d4ec79614c0c3be6db4d4bed77b107704ae22aaa9a6d3dbe1a544e349
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' lure and instructions for a password-protected archive further indicate malicious intent. ClamAV detection confirms the file is malicious, likely a phishing or trojan variant.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8bd229d9b---74040289133.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/pizape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ng-sons.com/userfiles/file/fegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/3911549876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9c8b7879d---jodemomonilolomonib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072004e597f9---defidewasovifibezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valenciamaids.com/userfiles/files/76342174915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/bafuwamasumowuxiwodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bd955d02d---parajut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/45056663632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kinirugexiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/jepidafeborevifiredug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinruily.com/UploadFile/file/20210801234228996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b71c28970a---62114939624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0966693041cf088bc24cdc295926fa7d/mazawalumilifofupelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltopperalumni.com/clients/9/93/936f23dc4abb03f6d4a1aae2c8a32781/File/moziladolufomepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a79983c9f515667bbfed5201ef30df51/bepegonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ffd50d461---21296625056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zochrot.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedurekomaratagizeximeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daugiavanthienphuoc.com/media/ftp/file/32684130422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/jixijovivijasefeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindeeyudee.com/ck_files/files/tukenazubotojomidikusiniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c73916f2b5a---rizujiwixatobinemazelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=gta+v+ppsspp+iso+download+for+androidPDF 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_off00010017.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10017 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 06b745288e019f65d55e44c8f442929ef28dbec483cf197743f9bdc5eb46756b
font_01_sfnt_off00011859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11859 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 9a236ba4bac8c31a0ae4815ba0bb01c7be512694a07424e1774862090250989d
font_02_sfnt_off000147b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1