Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c85369410d1070b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:14:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 67757dd9119f4b75df4f2be46ff9fb35 SHA-1: 4c51ac2ae2aca443fd2bd22b1322f35c4d40e47e SHA-256: c85369410d1070b9e8f3c07812aa27d6f6b047fd0873cca7cb3ec166234fc08d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • 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://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021082915423831.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://linoforti.it/file/50054888290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclearusa.com/images/file/lifadopazaposi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/57449167423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupe-coelho.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59477452741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/govefokojevapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ult55b50327puj02aq829pt2ek/31597963523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spiregene.com/image/files/20210812_165558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomiccm.com/userfiles/files/99666662377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612674fc3b788---57112371602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gafaginubigudinomodijegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa145846b125094785cef7d91aabeb01/40577024660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612632c664b93---bisebogazazexawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/raliwonivebarodewaliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/742901761f6936f35d2d805976fb8b50/6991960085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mc7lu58lt33tuo4uau6it8apd2/13454958202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7b9b1d288---betixazukazekewaxegagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimobertoarchitetto.com/userfiles/files/13145307879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/70379733735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fa36e8a0c0---tojomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk766dd9fme3h2ilt2gtdhjha1/golaxumigiverosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8042ce1f6a---69367190140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbvidnk9i7k25ktk827hp7o7ga/34520663461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/jiwunabolixuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=swamy+handbook+2018+in+english+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e5f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE09 19048 bytes
SHA-256: aa2ecf405020571306910da84e627130b4e6ceca83d46c19969d6f3feec35832
font_02_sfnt_off0001303d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1303D 11856 bytes
SHA-256: 7a335e2adb50fa4f42f71a6d27a89cd04ac1e0895733050ff2d51b791535c41a