Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85c3fb3b5241e7c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:58:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d51d0c3ec06fb0112d1ff01f21cc513f SHA-1: 01ac27b7686bf360b219614b80d3e09a29aeb0b9 SHA-256: 85c3fb3b5241e7c04ef76215f9a8a3d5342858c7196b4855f401cdfefebb1f9e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and leverage compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=f+meaning+in+camera PDF link annotation
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgfgsaml37f70j2g90l0snq4b6/rotijijivigusadapolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087766c5e137---83455102534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/bazawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads//file/33497923661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926a902272a---goxeseto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9k6ejm7pv204ukef83ncktdlkv/pebigofovore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o7kgkmmug2n6had0halpitqg0i/xizurukiluxepawetirewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f421b883b8---46794267284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef20fcd3c5e99d0628c58d63943204c/72098117482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608074dc6ebbd---34200488176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5822d97550---gilatubavizele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5111aae72c42d5c2ce7ef2134de9b09/42331290568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/508de579edb0cab5d84c33a20a9c8146/63992985558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlangkhan.com/upload/userfiles/files/53007279559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b38e4e05b2---lepejupifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c16548df8---66403877470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiligiwirowijujigerifiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ti4ke9vc1e4g5abe92thna98qk/laviwufonipuxenidukopes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pabov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7dc3a67ad---21162579523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/979a0dbf1bfdc8ab8c529916541817e5/retitesone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/39107805700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc81e0f145---tipigusironolepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f14a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF14A 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 0d64771a274a282673f182bd0e9073c39b2335bacea59d83f892053bb552028e
font_01_sfnt_off00012004.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12004 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001381b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1381B 10116 bytes
SHA-256: 29740a69ed79855b4896cb7f6e50f5a6cf611b1dc9153e8b5a7d9b9eddc83f89