Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 148c44a5b38b70f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:11:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ddd10d72ebd327e821555af9e6a59dd2 SHA-1: 77ffe002c2b4e9edda7db3106a7282675982260e SHA-256: 148c44a5b38b70f6b1ffdf1e1d0acc943d284092f36fb683479be7bd029bf553
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. The presence of the 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade gateway scanning.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/88091507481.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lumivagotonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tijiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haenuri.net/ckupload/files/54437752324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d92b6dbf2---90535045622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/vewimagevejaxaxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c74fca3574---99284631137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0b459f9ed6e4ebfe6b30a00461bc926/78162949035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianbelieversmatrimony.com/web/christiansbelieversmatrimony/photos/ckeditor/files/kupurajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/suvude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antasboru.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/lepebovofaxopaxofisewawid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/922736834598125c03d8b575a15ac14f/48421693524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/3742310686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614665c12c927---sasafamopavovujisax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.org/documentos/file/97440376587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpataljaturizmus.hu/upload/gatoxitepinufevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zilalcooling.com/other_files/File/49147130516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/xemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/fuwudugamisidube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/tizofigezisasazebas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergeybazarov.ru/file/vurasulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=fifa+2021+apk+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d790.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD790 10540 bytes
SHA-256: fe1986e961e41f23c4581295cf3f1fae0d18c3eedaad47339943e836793cfac2
font_01_sfnt_off0000efb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB6 19484 bytes
SHA-256: de006c9805bd7e8eca42df381de9dfbfe40e841b500c265313fd6e1e0b1c22c3
font_02_sfnt_off000122ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1