Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cd8bdb0b3135248…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:14:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 56345d260a52d948b6231135d4c64336 SHA-1: 78677639ccc3840c841b1b875b2d83bef51c82c9 SHA-256: 1cd8bdb0b3135248ec021844401ca76a196ea69273cabd5e34da0ca5d871a481
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on disposable domains, a common tactic for distributing malicious payloads. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a method to evade initial gateway scanning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://furniture83.com/upload/files/78885915470.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354c729927a---6784315947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a573e5dc1---kurubitaziwaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pecsikult.hu/files/file/mibufolezabopubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/mubofesovuwulenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xurebazojapanaverozifisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dierenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/65888157552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enslev-anlaegsservice.dk/userfiles/file/88057491169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80f71f6423f18803ea3e073828d9b6c2/87811516107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317201b9aae.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sesulubujix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138817cead1c---solizakelaxijawufotixigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mycoapaisyl.com/webimages/files/nofalaxopigigelanixidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vumugizadujewekiwezodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duhochoangthanh.com/upload/files/41275788976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/51552706239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klusjesindex.nl/images/uploads/minonanusifazubexelimovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/85520886793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/70089021848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hgukahuls2rr7vmfdfms975i1/nivon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isigakizima.net/img/tmp/file/5700695201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/68983381703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/fetevosumefokesazopovave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+image+to+editable+word+converter+free+onlinePDF 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_off0000c97f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC97F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE191 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 929f86ce9af8be0b00a01518428f14dd6cbe63cc4bfc6c5f814afadbb82d063d
font_02_sfnt_off00010e3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3A 10944 bytes
SHA-256: da219cea38ffc0feb669c465c951b1030de53b002d35e1020cfbfba44d58b732