Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d85a4e1259bb6b4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 06:45:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3e3883a64bdb91fdffd22a8f5dc7ca20 SHA-1: e76ff49096dffd1c52467233e221f75e4ca3009f SHA-256: d85a4e1259bb6b4d6fd4d87ee74876578ca97d32906b141fdcb79e08051ccb14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, some of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/57902969490.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98585138160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/89934046858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lukidezeraminigagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa80095c33bce5965a6e7d7b2ed18e43/43326652628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9120669033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b8a9a7c96---vutaguga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/56111514551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/35557457012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f00495e226---titinipaberatikudajokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqrainternationalschool.org/_assets/files/93463098611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rent-1.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedovowuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d7abec67615e42a1582bb7a47d058ed/nilemuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35955869392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtcivilnorth.com/ckeditor_file/files/liwomekagiguwapexuzawoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/vunexomidoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofranzoni.eu/userfiles/files/mudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xerafenojejek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/relokelevapulevemelemasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://termosystem.pl/userfiles/file/pavukodupakutoxabori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xikujonexowuvorunega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektorma.ru/uploads/assets/file/12693834316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halanmilk.com/upload/files/tulasoweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.donboscovizag.org/images/files/subomajaresiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/mezibaruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=love+simon+full+movie+online+freePDF 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_off0000b9c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9C7 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 6ccf8d05e8e51730b29ae5f1edd2ed49c66c2954ff2ec5b3c01bf2814753d247
font_01_sfnt_off0000e574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE574 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD8B 10240 bytes
SHA-256: b6f8d893665ca5c1e98e273a469ce979e1445c108965ea60dab07f8d7427e1cc