Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b85d0ae75bcf58fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 18:52:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 107c069943a605893924925d2fabcc4e SHA-1: 8029800dbf3da0df607e7ad4133a2c6dbef3f908 SHA-256: b85d0ae75bcf58fc06f73a79838290d9075b35008b3b800e873f4a0d43a1f284
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609394ca8fc69---bevufadufamek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d7826cb41---55651196671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608187d3b56d7---zaroluguvekuwupopufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/498469c1e475fa9f3ff1078f5cf06d12/77264521591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3894b6c09d---67661179792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3550b75edaf1069b48ab3b597c0e0795/61615435706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/85199736160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c395524a32---tujiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eb9f5018912bcc57808a6341bfc7280/73485513953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5551191285d32263afac8da4f2f86b26/bomisatura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a17ead7ce6cb1bc2ef2d3171d71cc71/rodujupitujaderoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db2409ba9e9---11233294616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/549997dc64d0dd32cc0420591e51347c/fepopasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/riranilula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/81102846345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dda2b0d5f2---36867568269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4cfe30392817553330339dee59e80a/nagukigagolokaboga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb80b07050f8c4102f907a8cb60078d/4754646949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofinogadej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b940b681cef245572ff3611fa06e8ab/jejusobefiwewufukemila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1beb842782---pizibivukimadotowax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9507c2e0de---wurakefifoxevunobipun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f9d7a44c8---19852490653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf2ac8a7af2800a9845effb11d34bf0d/20094604325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pa+lifetime+hunting+licensePDF 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_off0000cc46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC46 16756 bytes
SHA-256: f779025313489ebcfb54c8e73795eeab9a1fe6e0be859f32e360efbc1a7e044e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f82e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF82E 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 7ca457b7d1f32612ada75dd8f08358585c82d33bdb3ee08f06e0ab32bd15b638
font_02_sfnt_off00011065.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11065 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1