Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85f539946b3f71c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 14:53:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 61c3a55b63ade4b3da377f0fa42e1112 SHA-1: dfdbfbd23c68ba7ebc50100352c9afbf3df1ff5b SHA-256: 85f539946b3f71c156ff8817befa2e6761989737ef5d161258a8685e0ffbcd23
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://tomekorea.com/userData/board/file/92987657359.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cpviettin.com/upload/files/79996448325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprojectmanagement.guru/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kusoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d570e066f---wozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fc282d445---diferemexozames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/musetov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea61qe4hdb99fhsst6mepq1p43/vupozakojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rothemtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_F6FF9F808089F3B1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rydelko.eu/userfiles/file/95213503855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d9be9de8e---gujinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37799330775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24415730341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellissi.org/userfiles/files/49212126417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elistaprezentow.pl/userfiles/file/99055410042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.bet/contents/files/winib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f87ecda14072c051faaeaa88b25f847c/97186426292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsmpublicschool.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/85264781756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ribaczpeter.hu/files/file/93674136541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://styliststudios.com/imagesTE/file/37865179910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46d95102fd7fd15a374a7d4bf244902e/4738526637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/22061358793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80186020673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dibajenonoduvumitabusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=mi+box+s+launcherPDF 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_off0000f274.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF274 19416 bytes
SHA-256: 8983dedb36b23fb79b155aac68bec836d6e563234c4d2df97fbf454d94f957be
font_01_sfnt_off00012527.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12527 10564 bytes
SHA-256: d661908e3f6e58a3d750f7fefc45e2fda9c8c0c11295aec09ea4822f38225db4
font_02_sfnt_off00013d30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1