Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85bb23ef31ecee5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-08-10 05:30:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: db575f8b7ed923492987350fca43b0e5 SHA-1: 9ce7b93ab04504a45a6483d1661d8679dced7c1b SHA-256: 85bb23ef31ecee5c31ae56c1b1725bbf0313a30ac63f09c8d9cecf73428beafd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate this PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or spam campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://mbzgogo.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/kejedirizefofomajagid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/13505918528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e036e88f42---bikutatuwikibixofimuzin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/lewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b737192a011---61043557710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/95288584249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/nimuxudemebadufobaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlkscholarshipsmilwaukee.org/clients/f/f0/f021f13c5c598389be7e913a1ae626ff/File/vuwomadamirusatix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6769447732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsiha.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sisaxowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39406761a3---95528265761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23c8f7e6a2f192ab31f3dbd17266dac2/ratula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0pdqqpjass4t1d1uuk5iesav4/jinasivujunibegujitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligonfamilyreunion.org/clients/9/9a/9a44987365eba454cd9b2deda39aa7c0/File/93421814896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/mojaruferuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/forabejurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090096341b53---favonoxabolasoforejesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buchtel1967.com/clients/26382/File/fekemoremafabovatazetid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/rugunizulurovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopgroup.com/userfiles/files/75432258663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081054844744---nemabuzasepusibukifedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/timimusebabegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/pogurowelavub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mo5gch3luqlg9p2n4a58b6v62/feduzogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hook+up+a+rca+soundbar+to+a+vizio+tvPDF 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_off0000fd69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011580.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11580 10968 bytes
SHA-256: e86077c31d275e60ec6293e9a3bfc4828692dbf51f88097309f03ef932b451e5
font_02_sfnt_off00012ebf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EBF 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 73f1a814db6a123b66bff7024769592494e0a7d4d6ec06e292186bef1f1b022e