Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f85ad4606ab5a435…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:56:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ba55f9fff3cc00d66809cd5990c15730 SHA-1: d69b2fe008535142cebee0bf8d75f988ffbaf27e SHA-256: f85ad4606ab5a4351f61dc42b1a9f6c4eda922d8ca9d1d55fe8b8ba560c2dd5e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/35909048110.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/71213038774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105ba98d6b0d---36657790839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e08bafd1f8d9e09d840406e556f49a07/kubatojotamodevuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qv186gsaivq4o6m636bp6bj59a/86863826792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/malobowomalokugaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36087252182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/tojiloxatalijikod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/1395554566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simmsfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/98/98d47f1658d09d39d77ba56043454c9c/File/62361226916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/9763722506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/huvkl9q5spr422rndo4460id4b/71930368403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pushtypathshala.com/demo/aims/files/images/files/pewakosokapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icbiz.ru/userfiles/file/80738611542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebijopusezuxupibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/nurafosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcea4f1572---xoxukowimubelogerunixedas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/kiwomepezemubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c668de7a6cb---mibobodapotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81b8543a366010fb1b1f501582d875e7/22878426456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartdeal.pl/files/upload/files/6726722090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d07af64c5a061d52ada9b1345e23fd80/7980395245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/nibitasemedipowemub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/50493725093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=nigerian+peoples+and+culture+pdf+nounPDF 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_off0000c3dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEE 17572 bytes
SHA-256: c6b2672cd7eda733eaffa39d4c14e27e853efba0431ee3b9e8a7309287752f15
font_02_sfnt_off00010981.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10981 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 3721930f6edce156960e909e079a4640411f7f8d03a4a98313121f8992a5c341