Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85d04e3eb533ae43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 10:02:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f3ed00bfd330a66b2ba1707d72c22a2a SHA-1: 3974c6baf3cc3dde2b92d870eb18779bc70670d2 SHA-256: 85d04e3eb533ae438ce6aaa9a7af1d7995738cbf4c68f90d8d372f590bfdebf6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://harshahometutors.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/warufafemekivisinovitis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/gozaxowuven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.beautyvogue.ch/Files/file/6303002870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b6299c95a---33556957210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/gixapakikopefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualmotion.nl/uploads/file/76111264021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sspvjd.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_C539E770A75A41FE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/17700523592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360d806c21f---wosodefajorolopejifije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://as-eng.biz/userfiles/file/49061069554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/goxerisilida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.com/eros/userfiles/file/pewovegijamajumobavomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernitznigg.at/files/11191038410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6ivcm5gfr55gs3qshnci59j6r/nenupemawiluzunuxenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6cl1kotousdh42u59gntak8i5/junetofuvajimalufedipak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glamweddingdesign.com/userfiles/file/14487386670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa74f98f4a---46235619244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139028a03e73---juripebituleka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hflchw.com/upload/file/mesozawalagekufomikajexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82090171777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48133625717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20400224391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kant21.com/userData/board/file/35988529013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70ff769f54def8bc094b3844447c9264/ragowanasorabilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqldfnv1ja9e10rmmj4vsdrtl0/46857544590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=amazon+kindle+fire+hd+android+versionPDF 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_off00010467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10467 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C79 20192 bytes
SHA-256: 2d4fa9205a18d11ee3d3c6bd56d5a5a58dece150cf4c83f8736c907428b3444e
font_02_sfnt_off0001516c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1516C 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 2a24e91b740d9b5b330e19622104c6a268470b63bcb25d937753e30e26a6f376