Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85d5c2d873d63c6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-28 04:01:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 00ab62155574356396d5fa2aff5e2684 SHA-1: d1ff49fe85788e6a1c26abcbc44d4404ac2c9031 SHA-256: 85d5c2d873d63c6ddbd0535bbfb3708cad83c6f983e152e02b41515803e7b783
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51f75c8d54e6225bf295f61fa8e09a2d/20008140787.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kingsap.com/file_media/file_image/file/85726401207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvssteelex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91534313621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/10396719662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aesg2edcv.handylover.com/upload/files/fumawenebigeniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613deb378d4bb---10211279075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/1745495459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobabikenililikozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/796314361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd30500400---85066872527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16150419311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70234771780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/vufumebuvepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--23-6kci4asohe8k.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/8545946340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharmtocairo.com/userfiles/files/44596692020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/files/78342094705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/8737356054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/zasojelikaditibipep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/jefazejabaxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhzsolutionz.com/userfiles/file/givifinik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57023374003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indoshaolinkungfusociety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/budemasojanuwatinozeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=download+instagram+update+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_off0000ae1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE1C 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 37572d7f7cb345c89eec41f1f002c41911ce7fe1ea779ac551dade236808109a
font_01_sfnt_off0000c78d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC78D 15344 bytes
SHA-256: ed7f63d8ecd0d2aa41c1574f3466f101b7e4ac23282a14418ce991737684970e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1