Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0881597d51e97e88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:13:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: ba2615135728f65286e0d453737f8f82 SHA-1: 77bd4d29fd2da1af5eab9a5f6479d3436b9c201c SHA-256: 0881597d51e97e88dae662c634a760f2a9244a7268ded5ebf42be8c69b70a075
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade static analysis. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the PDF, likely acting as a downloader for further stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/80854739567.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sosizero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a45a9d5958c21b2b457305675b11e7/70638181718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://termocity.by/pics/files/depin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://211.129.1.225/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zowisisi.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/17620318777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcyy88.com/userfiles/file/2021080713315673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungland.net/uploads/image/files/29453506423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/784a911751ece7b5db857d99f654b03c/jesagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitchdecor-construction.com/user_img/files/wozesemedexegeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28560423980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56c2ps932d26jtbo4m3pj87qm6/kibediso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbjnews.com/data/cheditor/0603/files/42155010620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/625f58dc437846cd40cfebb9f482a2a8/vamazalabodabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/votisoxolowevofesiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37bf72e701f2c338b86f3b606f32d9d7/45707227161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/wivubibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b6a29c8398---xebopajiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ebe986553b---82897434374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weldcor.ca/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lodepewuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/31024597601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36c561f2ea3ef154639d5a90f4095993/98604361559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfanchem.com/upload/files/vonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/favexowinulebobolibupiwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/xakadededavinimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=java+interview+questions+for+freshers+with+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0001113e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1113E 19348 bytes
SHA-256: afb626f33c4372acb5e62fa0833efb1e6b33ef6264173b2057750e7216b32094
font_01_sfnt_off0001445f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1445F 10936 bytes
SHA-256: b60d42704e6ab10b06b6def06cfe0bf9a7c5477634cce125f1d4b64dc7c7443c
font_02_sfnt_off00015d8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1