Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85f8351330b9359f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:09:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 19b4988879f537a66386de5e86f5ff16 SHA-1: 4aed0253a7bfa8380f456be315e3e668b72125f8 SHA-256: 85f8351330b9359f01d649ebeb1d2a87b3e2cc4f7cc0461235f7f30d11be4056
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the heuristic firings point towards an attack pattern designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=positive+affirmations+in+tamil+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/laxigedawapubadozawakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/gozinalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f682cb710---80121724368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5af95ffc1---44806450394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904c54c2a20---dedawerov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc62ac66e9cba27b2178e3e5904c3e1e/63695784641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5o7ag8vhffb4hmbrqn6eo5vvn1/jukujamakitevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/diwujizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897b1171bc0---gawabarisunikutiroweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esthebel.de/userfiles/file/tulexulofupipiseleteloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7a263b088cca901e441ff3c9366b790/87934736054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6ad42fdecef7f5c9ac4a8cea8565a69/91695475782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4348430dc9---82965368205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ikbppcv1tmh213rcvtel26h8pd/vorexofizagunatujobefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dl1boakoi8nscbf4lhae1rame4/tenovapixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794c942788d---vabiterumawogadenoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/2320921981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad3c125642e4f8218d9d2b8a17a43a77/59825463321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitepurdeespires.com/clients/b/ba/ba703c466af5784ee38134b9d09df413/File/gituvizarajudapanuzuzexiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b4620faf9ab0702cfd9c6baaf7ef431/7471208524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-marc-chauvet.com/images/files/towujolozagada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/63373464064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/2117637174.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_off0000eb3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB3F 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 2b4517b7fa6a7251ce4ef53531e712cac601364be5d7b76bb031db0fb904bef4
font_01_sfnt_off00011762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11762 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 6753f22731cfb43bb25d9cbc711a283e05cfa461b3850852ae6f9cd7f68baf28
font_02_sfnt_off0001300b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1300B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1