Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 585acd12426892c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:20:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a619a8f5947227c7e4b5890ca8fde691 SHA-1: 9cce3e4a0e2e270dd9d1d3242d880f0ef031f70e SHA-256: 585acd12426892c1b368609e15aac3c1140298ac82af0c8891ab151796358bf1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document is designed to trick users into downloading a password-protected archive, likely to bypass security filters. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://dhins.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/mutolisoxetanavapububizi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/87543364375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc0716aa07---27553193330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/19982985609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c60d3765f7---luruki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39018597664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/mepuwalanonanobixufiziwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6966a6e12303ed14157da3cc150508f/62370665794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haruhonpo.com/upload/haruhonpo/files/28356522486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p391octo1gdm60i9m1l5phjb8m/vepewupejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/em3vpv5flb2g7rsuqpb6ncardd/gokekedexazegulivevufeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb6cb3d4f6---tigeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210520005112534112gkhcw0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/89248488641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f98198dce3ab61a2dbd023a70ee176/buwefiliduzuxejoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanluatdanang.com/upload/ck/files/46923587754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=cerfa+14880%2A2+pdfPDF 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_off0000b7ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFE0 18468 bytes
SHA-256: c2f8b3a2547097451a3935eaa7a2b5b1a5d804b4f5d82bc7e20988430530e9cf
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE34 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 5800cbb92cd9a8b48fcf4acdff90d934e59bb099a377b80c32acdd732645f1bc