Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b2b2e7333b3c226…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-20 16:47:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 11c09379b9cdd9f9c262819550eda197 SHA-1: bcdbb0c52e2d8cab0843eae192824fc59813654c SHA-256: 0b2b2e7333b3c226a12f65f4f6d4bd6819b9a74bced05d16e2139344bfbc264d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic strongly suggests the document is designed to trick users into downloading a password-protected file, likely containing a payload, to bypass security scans.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee0269db29---99717454806.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/xaxuvegabela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d308d5ca1c---dajizivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/petaradoxevajosugara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02elf3c26epd8tt0cj69g41f0/46630293334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25dd791b8a32d6f038493bba405e5b05/47331576263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/fovevamefevus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c743e875b37725028a899b4c1da6a3d/15738467446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/juvifipuxaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/ditizonepoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8gqbccmsnrd0t16msi70iq090/63583469872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p210tn72b4o40c5b25ab4ug2l5/jekovojituzixutibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5891972396423286ba0ebed525f88347/56189392016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9163480b6---dabisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/kipozipapememafatolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/ledivufiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/nakevifadarigarevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2434e68863f604be727c9ebed3ffbe8f/lurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=zuma+exe+full+versionPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e35d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE35D 2900 bytes
SHA-256: 68d094faf81d2ea9f62e68ee4e789e40b6192f27e323b9e50c58fbaa8f881837
font_01_sfnt_off0000eda0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA0 5000 bytes
SHA-256: e47563aa9f8a8166e6b9bde1e5d29096e0dbc727b55eaf8d04ecffdc112e690a
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE91 23168 bytes
SHA-256: 2279fad424c8873bec660c29400e5824f59b8c27f43e46430cdefbc903865216
font_03_sfnt_off000132f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F3 16092 bytes
SHA-256: c9557d91917e40dbb2ce09b7ef560a04a9a832ffe2ebcac6b50408a58351272e