Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85c5eb72ae46b195…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-14 21:15:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ab6a3fbf334702ee17fe8a5607d101d4 SHA-1: e079e10ea03ca7de26397515e842c23b636712c2 SHA-256: 85c5eb72ae46b195a6a1302bc4e7d6dea9aa6190a4b6be79148f9b99ed0f1caa
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple heuristics indicate malicious intent, including a browser installation lure and a password-protected archive lure. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript and numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites suggest an attempt to download and execute further payloads or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 9

  • 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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lipuwegaro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lecostationery.com/files/file/fokizumopojagoxijono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-karavany.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xinadorepavavowet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/jirilanefifamodafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150006.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210911203833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/luxiziligesufadimobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd35452cbc---serageximuxavarisuxojose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4126947e58ea515ae20d4a9de008d485/wusigegupugafebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluitec.fr/ressource/site-image/files/35301318121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b38dd5897---zezatogozoxuxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/wekulerer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329d0d831fe---65516990253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/vidoxewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50041490936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.amyhalter.com/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/kemesigogawopitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61d000cbd79e778f6148fa10bd8d2a60/74542674317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conrays.ru/f/data/duledanaxawuwirivelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_1357EAA0AA7D71BF.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.eu/data/cms/file/16797540747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanalprofi.at/UserFiles/file/70050030069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/37033896256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48593256672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awards.nl/img/cms/file/mazewubugojikavuxejuvirig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemtechnika.lt/public/site/0files/65864099360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhwindow.com/img_duhoc/files/xafaseterazawoluxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=linux+chrome+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_off0000ef1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1D 17788 bytes
SHA-256: 42c03eb3b96542147f7300cc60bba38506a481a9a40515f91fdb5e045a480404
font_01_sfnt_off00011ca1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA1 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 01b5a507630a4426abe95b87e062bec1c56cb148ae21255834ab0b61b6ff641c
font_02_sfnt_off000133a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1