Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85ca0fa6be45ab3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-11 02:18:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 10e936c4530e6abc48faf83e098ea544 SHA-1: f82203b2483fed071201fd200f6a5350743f57f8 SHA-256: 85ca0fa6be45ab3bdbb570804aa5c244cab2d1523dec26fdb0394fa916982cb4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or suspicious domains, as evidenced by the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics. The embedded URLs, such as http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f38bedbddb---21404749779.pdf, are likely used to distribute further malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93057446240.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://huyndaicaudien.com/upload/files/81385700344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/kawisewiwego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabident.pl/local/userfiles/file/46566710240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/tefakatokup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/69174492353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81c7e0b36dde8d61ca386697ceacdc3b/49461184355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/deduvej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/kogimajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiercontractinginc.com/files/file/tezilutuwepalozabusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/makasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhivietuc.webthoidai.com/img-vietuc/files/40920201686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/82412763122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clevio.biz/fckUpload/file/41570575286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/puletoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f38bedbddb---21404749779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwangtosidae.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/jowosizalidizeweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emekyesiltepe.net/images_upload/files/83049843228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/18208740679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/nolawanezoxixonapuvogedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9f3162a8278338542081d756c232d8/pofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smshealthcareservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91411062434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qbcar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51227825568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/penotowevositodilororan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/zejomezesupugokenowedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=snake+and+ladder+game+download+apkPDF 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_off0000ce41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE41 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 9532f52d5785e5836cf5c6e1f46c7cb11bb485b309585eacbef4726c8f993f56
font_01_sfnt_off0000e664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE664 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE76 16960 bytes
SHA-256: e16500cdf57a95c313984aafcc8e03caf2cb3f08e13ea695194ab9f59c14f0b6