Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85ebf600a13c1b2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:51:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b6f53e37cb711a2771406c59802ca8c4 SHA-1: 3fa2de37fa8f9d9c898ce0e4e8f22203d05578a7 SHA-256: 85ebf600a13c1b2f19da1172e9b740a596ec8ef9fbcc7cba6804cbbbbd289226
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or link-farming scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fear+the+walking+dead+season+1+streaming+free PDF link annotation
    • http://chelseafoodmart.com/uploads/files/23064021779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10637984372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativekids.abcedukacji.pl/web/uploads/files/50269992299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52917402661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/66980702264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3m51bno2fqs7jtenk0k16hi5u/45547316917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolninskayahotel.com/userfiles/file/lamor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85045617386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tinnituskozpont.hu/files/12589173826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s89r1tq12383pisfrf9bmu9akh/38791968756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/31260680835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/munigemepopevobekaneruvup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pacemakerpressintl.com/uploads/assets/file/38034102355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/wigig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianmailbox.com/assets/images/userfiles/files/28479254020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28905450877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coverybox.box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79929978881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75702781501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2osv9pt2jfpt.com/uploadfiles/files/98667730238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peisheng.org/uploads/ckfiles/files/614639f675b6a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb4782dc81---mebitezuwiwelapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannhuaduong.net/upload/files/majokamikenufafebewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglory.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41061661539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a76a672fd---21130730052.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_off0000e59d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE59D 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 93b7bc725329d49cc9587e244b522dc0aba00bedbbaa269aad718e7ddedf8487
font_01_sfnt_off0000feda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116EC 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 568c2c96280fe93b54a7ba9e1ca73ec0918440371bfdb245d18e80acbf29fad1