Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c85297045002ee34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:29:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ae47ea18e6353d0818a5dda6aaa213e9 SHA-1: 2157d269761ad9f3f74d2225e02c7064b1801785 SHA-256: c85297045002ee346d5684affa174b5f6d6f25751a9e0b3133cbbd4f46c40700
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised domains, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://club-integra.ru/userfiles/file/92766094045.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5975852252f5a7dba2de958355aa6a3c/35823967682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pspectr.ru/userfiles/file/pekurikomurujawodaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myflora888.com/ck_files/files/40094616866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/juresagotusazisalamewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95d4019b01c83ff27faa859f517379e/zamegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/59780783826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83225888627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6753369cea1f0b84fa4b8a4b3752c287/93323631448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saveurspoitoucharentes.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jarikifataletom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vezixuluvigixosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/xapapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/96187792559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbf4a811om0scl73135dd0l69d/7785186296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/ruwugopidadapejiwebulomod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzakocakoglu.com/userfiles/file/vijelajofugonolavegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jtl0d9r132725bb5ms71lkhj4a/69827361579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/rejitiwiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henri-ruch.ch/doc_pub/file/zifebanitokureg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850b4978c0d---70855117371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00775b26bbb762f94165d689431fa2ff/tonigedavadef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae64d88385f---28757736313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crimesla.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96505701019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=kinematics+questions+and+answers+pdf+mathsPDF 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_off0000eaa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA3 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 679da2f607f0e7acecae1353426e7a6d81e319a23889cdeb2258997eb2cd2905
font_01_sfnt_off00011948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11948 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 33f6f2c60cd344507264be7cb8d6f1dc486cb637f29c5c859b5007cc56a185ee
font_02_sfnt_off00013307.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13307 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1