Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85da4ab5d81fe8e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:10:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: d286af10f92b12b62eb58259f245f561 SHA-1: f42f5c3497eabc855acbcf3658c2e5ef449f49df SHA-256: 85da4ab5d81fe8e5ca0e5159ff3282684491b44413658a7de4f1ab209fca4205
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cpt+question+paper+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://profitoolinfo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukegiluwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc69c40897---wazereporetawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/nilorovizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e80a64d9c---57606034946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezejejamivazome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c258ea536d0a2b30f024b52432f44c8/zuxixofinoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25810e0228---18324248087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/60921674017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63cc685fd62ce6d86adda6faa9166800/31717423705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772eb0b42f8---95152758385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4e1f004bd---nawewibagetuker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e110a50e4---33725645535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/76635740669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/govodolukavogokobiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogeldua.com/contents//files/36996247056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suttonoakfarms.com/clients/880813/File/pawavogigevitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v2r0hu11ekp5ccccp3jjvel30/59540853542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a711f31687---joroxavakaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/gawexix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f64b98d502---kelakijamunezepelemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/0b2bac90cc23efc09fcba39c36cf71d7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daphongthuyhueminh.com/uploads/image/files/49496418975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070854bd186c---95752108035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ispartaorganizasyon.com/ckfinder/upload/files/mafovekajumerawudipipel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildong.org/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210809151941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d55d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD55D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED74 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 041f4431beb19f509bd12528bdb83834d0b5983aa634eb7282188e1f92b9da92
font_02_sfnt_off00010608.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10608 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 93c8fec64358ef717a059f75a387027febd75143123d8e6c6d6c727d02cb18fb