Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85bf46b4e9278db3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:20:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 43839dca9db7f2bc6bac97c580c02afe SHA-1: 60863c7f825fcb85516ce738419732893dad4698 SHA-256: 85bf46b4e9278db304ad0eb27be04d6cd7b068fe96a1c67efacab6ed43842b9f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document also contains a critical heuristic firing for instructing the user to disable security software, suggesting a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://www.tzounakos-insurance.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raxalowuzubunifiberisuta.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://portecitadelle.portecitadelle.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63556779994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5086f8addc71bcca49c0535552a003a/lazuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/tapisidodexepavigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161428971c7184---sewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbc-bezorgdiensten.nl/upload/pokizeguribafararisunapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12716839208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mekongtransport.com/upload/userfiles/files/83309689581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/97646408276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodishit.com/uploads/userfiles/file/tifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/1919682785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/42128814444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384923cf606---42522515647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodegaadrover.com/userfiles/imagenes/27255646726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/88048760937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/70524195062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entrackintl.com/uploads/17230333799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denis-lefebvre-services.com/fichiers/file/fizefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tepozipawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaticketland.com/userfile/file/11991600459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaudi.tw/upload/files/31447991596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56357164973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yemany.com/yemfiles/files/44619381481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/32080912057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+lock+apps+on+my+phonePDF 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_off0000e554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE554 18300 bytes
SHA-256: adc13a8572f983458561158a6f2a5d5b58319b104f275346b0decb018c5733b6
font_01_sfnt_off00011491.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11491 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA8 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 6d5a4db57c7f5277dd60cdf4bd8e8ff698d05535b3b1355933517dfa61a88b5a