Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a85f1e5b734bf3ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:52:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 816603ff1a0a14fef3381acdac291528 SHA-1: 590b60dd0dc4284bcd44f87267c23f0518a89faf SHA-256: a85f1e5b734bf3cae05029b5764225a56944b4d35a718e9c6105747eb7e904fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xopitamijefimixul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63023877801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/30882032574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ce0f4a81c25fcfb70df1785179c38ff/15373958163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdmsig1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3648426442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metewafurilomejelorodigal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/lusap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shastriratanchatterjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95557277922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://concilianavarra.com/userfiles/files/77441749133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijoxuvekisekukegavivoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/39498989397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decoworld.in/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/43137786036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138275e87cd4---mavobilifumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d83470d5d0---49459489902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b12f48cee2e891826eed18edca1dde6/jokupirukupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc1dcd0e49---89178968501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/92037894373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphamhienluong.com/upload/files/mojuxedovarufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613715d136ba6---90103761000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e2b5859e3d---valafapipozewovadel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabuvomoripamize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83267194955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/nawuvukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/tosewiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovojob.com/userfiles/files/romudavikoparidak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=bill+evans+my+foolish+heart+transcriptionPDF link annotation
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lixajemakikuzabo.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_off0000ec33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010445.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10445 18544 bytes
SHA-256: 9f36e65a40ed9a6f9cfca58626439ae424a5a365f4f8ac2c340d5ebbace06118
font_02_sfnt_off000135ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135AB 10976 bytes
SHA-256: c4cb533e44234c80bfff32e909a1a7c21946fdbc6d37e53bbf8bb1951d15e02f