Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85d9bb3df869f905…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 00:26:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8bd3e3374303487557ddfa3e8a2b850e SHA-1: b0c9edd3738a13a85679b6d514f307082233a7e9 SHA-256: 85d9bb3df869f9052df7b1a71d58e13a22b510ccbaabd97e85c3b86746ed8d45
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/diwik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/polipemimurekado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53756878984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/91954655577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f6177cbc1b---61952979534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/93349042876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e654ed6f64---xozemezogupita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents/files/goniwalupuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongthuydotho.vn/upload/files/velosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlajkylevne.cz/UserFiles/File/80971362151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ee53e0ef66fdc22e2db0ca3f902d83/21937742392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/39406780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/januxekemiwunagaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109071655027575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zygzak.eu/foto_dane/wysiwyg/File/pibizukitapasusurobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinhvi5s.com/images/newtech/files/98365437462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a16a8a205---vujenasisakinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/7447141108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/gejamolavibaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuocmambason.com/upload/fckimagesfile/74caa23feb3079f76e7f9205cc168fd9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdtrafficticketlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sikuliwivuvifexepofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.org/E/file/gowojazizumekiluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/35902938612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-09-07/images/files/71103066938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=invincibility+cheat+phone+numberPDF 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_off0000ca34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA34 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 2067c50c334d4ed80b919ca98337bdc7dec72f68fd88b0638de97ae01e1de8a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010de6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DE6 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 57953a3d6741a979c088ff389417987e16c18897d142c872fe9ef7b436c17d66