Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10a8b07c225c8406…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:45:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 83f743658bc54d6fda2d71bfe0526c5c SHA-1: fa634c26a5bba93df47ba4522b298936afea5f42 SHA-256: 10a8b07c225c84063e6c527213a9fc975e5b4e4069afac56697e71c841b98e16
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The presence of numerous URLs, including those hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable hosting, suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates the document likely contains instructions to decrypt or access a further payload, common in phishing or malware delivery schemes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=smart+pdf+scanner+pro+app PDF link annotation
    • http://stamforgtechnologies.com/uploads/50673413280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210815062338_sl3ncv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4eef43147---goruximolalumun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontsgoi.shop/uploads/files/40781525952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610882c4a32ce---27954075457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.instalacionescueto.com/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87946187596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.greenlakecruises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sunavilisubakamovuvotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/dikofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/buxiwufidoxokawasagogisik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resortweeks.pro/userfiles/file/93082759671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/520666684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/570dduc1afkmhr4o1vg0o352cr/rerekijaxetuvafuroxetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161294b69a2585---fikivalobafuxenuwakuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/53888147162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanoihome.net/img_duhoc/files/bivixesepusuxasijemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kikeboxetipowesabilonupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnc2.com/userfiles/file/bujikiwevobadosesaroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents//files/xuxividel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/95090975599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed77ab669e---31497279548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5m34m71nm4b4mgigmd2mnojo4/tetutuvarodefagok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/71062754788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd2401986bdcd8b186a3fef556c0e3eb/punilufiluwekomuxizivowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranch.pl/files/file/ronusufexanekedal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alcantara.cz/data/file/30248935635.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_off0000de84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f69b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69B 10716 bytes
SHA-256: fa8f34f75f45039a865560ee30bb4b64b35ef4336164e81727e92c0a878142a2
font_02_sfnt_off00010f2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2B 18160 bytes
SHA-256: 057b23d2a684f8b20814ebbe37c946ef53c56703a7f73f95d455270e101355e5