Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b85db121ff934a1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:27:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 596271844db0a188293c7fe5f8a4a473 SHA-1: 32c06971085ac233b5b05f6fd6bf03dbfe359322 SHA-256: b85db121ff934a1e8e551efe8101f07fca19a1ca5018b869f7ed39986205f9d8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of numerous embedded URLs and the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokediku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://habibitoursegypt.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39313536554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/keneninosemerox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://52fantasies.com/home/holly/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muminaduzozejorolixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redengewinnt.com/userfiles/file/gekenujodabowajulapuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/pogubaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.youngzonejewelry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36983119909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/4860976299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-mobio.com/upload/files/dapukosowirudofurofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/dasalineratu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoomkish.com/basefile/zoomkishcom/files/rawiboxanupifox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-room.co/userfiles/file/zokanovuvukumikovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkvvq7h7o2n184rlqdf2t42d8b/davapizurimagusajonoxoxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021090700583279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/regifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitbrasil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60995992720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/vozejegumovok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/9635197354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408cafc3c93---98350150386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energosol.pl/images_cms/file/3798451430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/vatomumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppe.everybodyisnotdoingit.org/gift/userfiles/files/vejoxomixix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=kotov+think+like+a+grandmaster+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ef25a30b7---jedonekuzebadatalomu.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_off0000dd7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7F 19908 bytes
SHA-256: 9ca8cce02755bf47d9a1e4b3c5258dbf49b48c9af39e3752951db3ef783c03e0
font_01_sfnt_off000111b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B3 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 027b32ae8da49d35f68460ebe11d06c007ef089f111ab40abf6935c9d4c8f14c
font_02_sfnt_off00012b33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1