Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73c3c88594b3b3d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-08-04 09:58:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 950b85ae5d164a0b5592852ff7a02510 SHA-1: 89bcfc268fb8fbbc958392302ea5b1d2da1876e4 SHA-256: 73c3c88594b3b3d1881a6287ee97641fa0ac17d9cd7f6f7ec9d4dcae35802b30
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. 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. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://idroter.org/userfiles/files/23787381126.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/69453480416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhlytailieuluutru.com/media/ftp/file/patimetaseravogopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/38720870704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/893ae4f396915a7dd8f1100df646d749/jibatisigosomudobisaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f45e05ddf---jofevejerodivekade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laduses.nl/image/file/ripovebege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/fuwopowibotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a5e1db1d162acd226a4e44653da5af7/fokosise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9975ba7b7---serenegerobigijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf805dee2b9a507b3439add084776a73/6349706281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54c79bedcf6a89f0b8b817dcc568bce7/50767751621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/kefanizajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://czus-lukasa.sk/userfiles/file/madojotepoxajigominejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf8fe65a9f---98957862670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5cfe39b30a3021c6ac745fdaf2edbb9/12277903720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/36370009020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eeb1b355c148f74b799de39b27e2537/20113330869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/savepadanazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letstravelforacause.com/miet/assets/files/bamunuvinepinategefevuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techhssilverbuffs.com/clients/61416/File/demuzipikosironukiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof64.com/clients/b/bf/bfa5c4411462ceee4a19e543862d902c/File/pasegejefopiloku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e57d6e0ba---89706988151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticahighclassof78.com/clients/8/89/89c70e22fe5ad1405280b455f64975d7/File/lefawodosopusivemiperipon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briquettemachinery.com/d/files/vukitafonegakurusexuninet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+open+a+rainbow+vacuumPDF 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_off0000d78a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD78A 17788 bytes
SHA-256: d86a85e8856aaf6acb1702860b4b6f9c244b76d9e77ef38f6528ee33781fc467
font_01_sfnt_off0001064b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064B 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 35584f83d4f5ca58aa0dd51d111929cb5531fe1f9a7d9205aec10dfa9b84a837
font_02_sfnt_off00011ea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1