Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12721aa4c0552d69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 13:21:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b3858a42f807e004104bd22add22a72d SHA-1: fd86d052a60d53a5192498e7a3ba9784a18cde87 SHA-256: 12721aa4c0552d69f0008101f51a8fea07674965f150f22233103ab9350e50e1
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on various domains, many of which are flagged as compromised CMS uploads or part of a link farm. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document may instruct the user to decrypt a payload, a common tactic for evading initial security scans. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/razunesixosu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adbrf.com/files/fckeditor/file/84575331061323b48784a7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.com/files/71492042016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwangtosidae.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/vupazepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokisuper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sutiwudumedimaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://queensflower.nl/clientfiles/22450055874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romovi.net/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/wajovabonasefif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090913314722345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/rixat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradegateindia.com/userfiles/file/rulixupivurose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbpavtkrjpq91tgq7bp3it8770/61941418994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303eb3f19e0---65681520498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpcad.pl/Upload/file/fosub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://client.diffuse.info/files/kenorudobuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613140dd38831---48731018482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/3556460580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/neserugesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/3507426163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caminodesantiagoenmoto.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/ramuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldmenu.com/userfiles/file/43233742432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gimnazjum-krasiczyn.pl/img/userfiles/file/62687032623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawaiisushi.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/kuxoxabidirejunujupeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sccsfz.org/upload/2021-09/fupozefenevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lifodoxogokobozopaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/gugifabopipowumijimagafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecormier-menuiserie.com/www/upload/files/kimedowokagegusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/98239010531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=gta+vice+city+litePDF 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_off0000db9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB9D 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 47c1ae80ac46b843b6bfde5a669f9fb35fdc49447b591f6612b8e39d110e74b5
font_01_sfnt_off00010932.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10932 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12148 9948 bytes
SHA-256: 82d00f7d815734823e9ef0be8425a0be4f4f1a70e27422f3efdb3fb327758159