Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85cdb2e4d38e30a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-22 04:58:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ff6cee2cc739afd298a41e10bd30c0b6 SHA-1: 3bd2b3893411ebaa45e84e6479b7df4f4544bd02 SHA-256: 85cdb2e4d38e30a05e09b2b7bbf768ff6a0c480f3bf4b95fec5c7268102a0a5d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://irish-setter-zucht.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53486222116.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d365374e9277178a9231b849fc2a1804/bupefewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e4833d84a6bb39726b4f93ee5a5aab4/newamemujobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/50958701485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1d350a102---64604183320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chingyi.tw/userfiles/files/sanebevofipuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coalcreekcentenary.com/clients/5/52/52f735e63eff8706e1a2a73a20aef632/File/41737455813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/99199140605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/mukumubutiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd1cc349594ebc510848f51a8e9d5d55/43783261302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/xisetitakomupekesobemib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f1426a621---jidijogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/84912353404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/70794890206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43259416193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnachip.cn/userfiles/file/20210508112336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b4b12c0c8---74715164496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6a121f2f67fdc2e142c55412f9ae177/dutut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/wirufudikonotazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd24b9cc1f---xisarofimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c982e06c714---lejerat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a4ge4a0srf0jpfls7mo2a14hs/juwalakisobakapenipij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609658df24621---revujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=270+mm+to+inchesPDF 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_off0000eb41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB41 16940 bytes
SHA-256: a066b0d433231716adb96148d81e240ed9b0ee5fb12686a94bcc6cd1d9fe7a8e
font_01_sfnt_off0001177a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1177A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F91 10384 bytes
SHA-256: d65a7729dff06d3b4b193cf2ca940f324b4680e46dfc7fd7103618c4c0da1062