Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85d67324482a188f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:23:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5a9baa2a3f3df6b00e61c744035c8d63 SHA-1: d293144419a8dc20fd4171c1bb9f046d77733a4a SHA-256: 85d67324482a188fc2082b9f53593c97c89dc69ee82203e96d4a57caf0ad2502
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b13697cfa---40150917310.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45t7fa6gr6jv2btchpnmpe5feu/26377843816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/xekawomiwavine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/vojasubitenes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmrl1uf63ltvfu3024utuje5e2/fabavenuzixesub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/78747496438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ab5f2871b---kimepezudigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/74723098878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073db6184690---30608041943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085931c5977c---95723002253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstairan.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/73241295158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/46319918193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c9323f198d43b003c3c115b5136aec0/15539273412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e43733dbb3e---gijumiketa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/lisokududas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081843a9fba6---xaxukuxusosavirupiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d728aaad54---fizejidunuxetikofagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/200b4bac0315f861604d361dbc9dfe5b/35146680323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/12310310557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiancfea.org/userfiles/file/kukunumisotinemebukule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitroc.com/userfiles/file/rufopidajejoxutozozowew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083324a6b644---vejebexip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c95953d221---zegumopikazogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geniuschulatutor.com/userfiles/files/rizofogoxoxopadobuvofej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bacninhonline.com/webroot/img/files/45381145400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=retrospective+and+prospective+studies+pdfPDF 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_off0000d91f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD91F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF131 18772 bytes
SHA-256: 6619f61e032899b0153a74cabfa97ec8d1cb4befd8539de3212eaafb2857acc6
font_02_sfnt_off0001223d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1223D 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 5b14a68b37e9044c08b209446cadf7473278d79b6ce8a38b4b06c3d31f1ebcd5