Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6359c57e4e9924fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:02:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5816237c8006e204c9e1dd190633c45b SHA-1: cd664bf5c4a30ca903ba2d250035d3a60912b9ce SHA-256: 6359c57e4e9924feafd75ba1cbe84a5aa2e28aa3f99ae048e0d87f650111d368
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security and deliver a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristics point to a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/69274245841.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1532cd4c68---89805758114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/51834109015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38c83a9840944dd6d84c9c00553a82c8/fazolakosoxewitalegamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b67aade1d6d---22125841390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22202092269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--spreewaldpension-lbben-9lc.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/51955662271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/subabimobelaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6adbb2c643---dipowotusisanepolepater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/34308150902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd118ea99c---12899350412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drddvichitra.com/userfiles/file/61020098538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210724001914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/33081681450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chenruichem.com/upload/files/bekirukosoritufajufusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/58512804202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db179d8643---92540146699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bce72d330e5161d5cdf94cedcfde61bb/40088707837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konemara.hu/userfiles/file/6186290691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/11795375582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/46317535546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/mufodezufujazapikigudukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/pefuzixovimarotipatajap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=senior+java+developer+interview+questions+and+answers+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_off00010f25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F25 19024 bytes
SHA-256: 1c9993da26feba6cf49524b9eea0ad20ebcdaadd0867e90d4aec4176c85fe319
font_01_sfnt_off00014131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14131 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 8b35bef9a86dd21589176ad5b3c371bd5ebbd93674e1d3d8db694c49dc68d100
font_02_sfnt_off00015b00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1