Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c85a2ea1e3c71158…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:31:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cb6967649e23b586ec0f60c3626846ae SHA-1: e6d62fd6b17aa11e2821bff9779c616e2a215936 SHA-256: c85a2ea1e3c71158b114d6b0999ff88b0ad0b9533106501799668484462d8d7d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS uploads, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=appreciation+letter+to+principal+from+teacher PDF link annotation
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7fdf5116a---19424502937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f724711e380559d898bc31d8c0aaf50/bopigidogajulisijewexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084915ca2e19---nutevoremasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/3679607927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3863b216adcbb26c2f20ddc90714ae6f/90505900121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f2c141cad5fdad494c73f86a360c41/18170818680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608886979c7cb---11243492230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60k49is2r303rdpqq9o0c2eq86/17760196075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7abe84f3b9---basibabalezov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/96262176896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//vilitifeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/41613327625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607461a416b7f---fododuximinonovedebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/59995641081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b038oeiu1gbnlte8aon1sq1gqo/xivavufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/maditogufujinekolebigezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3937ce3cda---kemifutigarubefatux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc09e6e082---74793397154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b3de4d50---todilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbcef4a1f1---dudogenasevivakomuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078352b5c13e---dodufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764ee28df92---zizepasuladinifuxomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/94953374882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b91f21da770---ziziretim.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_off0000f2bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ad2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD2 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 0a7de27d335d6d75142689279e6a86e99989fc01ff823217ac93fd413bcbafec
font_02_sfnt_off000122a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A6 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 9dd7815b6d6d4883cf34db4b091b9bb687876b3c7b45fda6770f2ab22d530c44