Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85daa0711e441e82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:38:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8431e196fb5919f51bbd960781bf61f1 SHA-1: 94d503729a02205e8f8a8de2fdb9b934d3d921bb SHA-256: 85daa0711e441e822b30c8112a2631cb4476aede9bf02696b780d16202695167
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm strategy, where multiple URLs are presented to obscure the malicious intent and increase the chances of a successful download. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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 http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/29596151725.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijizafozovosefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/35896323055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jilikapatexadavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/94922257566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cbe6e3c80---64036073797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1f857120a---32770828064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c298a9eb877---fajexukokami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tl-maskinfabrik.dk/userfiles/file/23813833297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/kupovabewejanolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1dqkkmu6aqhi8ic2hpdgr8f0l/deguzebejigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanlongland.com/upload/files/doguzovapowini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://it-remarketing.pl/app/webroot/media/files/44913980786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/wasenixobapukagizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/30917859234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs1968.com/clients/65482/File/29669475223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7557089eda---kuvijarugiduxudababos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallarpurnaisuva.org/go/file/39831536246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd9dc96462---luwetajesafewuvewovurab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e54de141f8---lijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2b574360a---morerupafiwigenejalisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126ba7386b8f---kikeroditikawumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42145142722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51858384621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=kenmore+washing+machine+owners+manualPDF 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_off00013ecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ECF 19332 bytes
SHA-256: b0436e5c7aba63abb8270a770f0c2d9c6cee4119ad9c44f3f36f6f4c69444aa5
font_01_sfnt_off00017175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17175 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 80dee1df9d9a654c1aab306f24bbc4f51caa945cc54294ab8137602b8455aa85
font_02_sfnt_off00018a08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1