Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11bafc4ea9617a3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:45:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8b238333a6c2d7a247ab5082193c9728 SHA-1: 7dc8b5829d34b48dfaa2bc36eb90f57c3f6c5b46 SHA-256: 11bafc4ea9617a3f9195ab9eab430fef1263ccb4b918957afa097b8686240c0f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, likely intended to distribute a password-protected archive. This technique is often used to bypass gateway security by encrypting the actual payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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.
  • 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://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/68346812445.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmh291juph4i55md28nr2he0ml/wofabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcgqu9ub1do091c0qrvep5kuut/sobitebozizafemufarifun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anglarill.net/userfiles/file/386432616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/72696888480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64660766719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ressourcengarten.de/azubi/userfiles/files/nuvazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qkmedica.com/uploads/userfiles/file/35792933153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/tenasufevosusexuzoxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16083f85c3b6a8---notumifoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles/file/jofufexuzukedagowakeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenzoum.org/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lenevub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73f842c49ec61ef29f7712a6a879870b/lamigusofesugilaroluxizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f0eaac9e6---24616175440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b676263a2---vopibolipezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851802b55dd---xegexejuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e5f1a61b1---15376631827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/xiduvuviziwepugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/118f2a5949ac7b104bfbde37008f9760/lefironixudalerumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besteva.com/upload/files/zifanugupelulefokusibaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b5ac12c04---14195324024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d355cf8ba69b478601516aede09d59e/bigurumenexagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210613_784625ED5B1D4582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608042d29438a---nuregimomakurewudixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730058dc1a5---69838480086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+converter+professional+7.3PDF 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_off0000b8a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8A1 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 5388e7b564d5efab2c04a892cf1e997b5127edf8d972752733ac59773f354b2d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d24a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD24A 15504 bytes
SHA-256: 6a65bd4b7a6401f9325990cb2830ed4d8208e0e1810ffe2cb59746fdf8be68a0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1