Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef4b6f6edc7e4d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 20:23:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 35a5cabdfd450cac35da63ac854e3634 SHA-1: e6580841ebf362996dfb40994b7dc48f0501dd07 SHA-256: 2ef4b6f6edc7e4d3e38fbe3cb21063533dc7c39c5c619e3b593c85569c6b7b89
196 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. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting suggest a link farm designed to distribute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://marleenjansen.nl/images/uploadfiles/97171860468.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/pokotunapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/38462090013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607289634ce42---54075797839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/471563cc9ac1d080308d804cb200439f/vutofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/8584903793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipforiraq.com/userfiles/files/risiwitirovukemidirumis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ce87889223fd0bb62f77ba0a3f29539/wopumujeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/15951273534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80age2amlc.xn--80adxhks/pics/images/file/fuzowuxopexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842f33b669b---mexenamolirasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c9d6d07cd43f9a3b72056643389e2f/panijolejefuruni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propack-th.com/image/upload/File/1810114230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/kitarigewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/21646170350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pb-book.com/user_file/file/6295872909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d989e51bf3cfdd3eb5275799a58afb7/givosopemepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/48645815266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mediawerf.nl/bundles/store24backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95431981082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/vimoriso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xanur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/vijeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30346332b4de7bd27a090f92c9a749fe/zogijemivuruwerajivefemok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/vipogafimozilajewumisuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity69.com/clients/861769/File/53244499739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=mechanics+of+materials+hibbeler+10th+edition+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d59e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD59E 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 65d40a6ec15d41bffc38b8a3a14b107d196c5452046d005c01c5d8a32710d384
font_01_sfnt_off0000efc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D2 19776 bytes
SHA-256: 8ca3dc45926947ae26f029c1a4ac36e2c751f5b44ac3a0f1091e9c235dacef7d