Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a06ec7a99573a4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 04:38:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: a8850fea4e067e77191f8ac23fe2d76f SHA-1: 5cbb2acab8801327814aa22b289265687ffe2f82 SHA-256: 1a06ec7a99573a4d3918ee8d5b4b3345399ea1d063059ac8f00107ece3a66beb
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade static analysis. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=itunes+music+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefusepezuwikiwobukoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/40536815827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/gojutaxaguxined.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/41251818577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duvagarobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33763681684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2lnh3gmin33c19o34drbukc2i4/kujejawexofana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/73028789651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duhocblueocean.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14217783991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/2737901287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxhsbl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210903_014654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395c2b51957---mezasunekewamim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markiza-trade.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19021822096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a578831f4---rilukomosufemajeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dae-young.kr/upload/fckeditor/file/67862128235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/65349768665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/felivapagun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saddabro.com/userfiles/file/12873020140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147a30230b97---zulibikojogipekerazakifit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pharmabiosolutions.com/filespath/files/20210919150015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selidbe-beograd.info/files/roxada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonhieutrung.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95135735606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edukoc.net/userData/ebizro_board/file/nezupabidakimadopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/maxutizu.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_off0000dede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDE 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 2c87397035f3741ce421c0824c744bb5af322c47e200ba3db63919c03911296e
font_01_sfnt_off00010b4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B4B 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 8400161738cfc0f0a2b97d47e1b0740e78c1ea2b3ae84330cb91a6d99440ee97
font_02_sfnt_off000122e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1