Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e848582e0f72723…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 16:18:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: b5e2d87a00c9d8437d02d9c16702da9a SHA-1: dbd0cbd475fd715bf6900c4d62657e87073c9e5f SHA-256: 7e848582e0f72723e46423bf78a029a88b4a3b7e50bbccef5e2a810cb9db0975
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick the user into opening an encrypted archive, likely containing a secondary payload. The numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting further support a malicious intent, possibly for distributing malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca8bb9ee3e---fopujugotuxaxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/bipanujuwilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-v-sochi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41529689440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exito-opakowania.pl/userfiles/file/72302364442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gtq3g65hnsnthtjb95bdgjfa54/22310053931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0746901001624214005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3617139c3---50638709848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/82965965519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yucehukuk.com/resimler/files/85859827812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1a5353244---pimixeruzolubedab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/93876569787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e20b789f4d33055c4418f2898981119/27028033186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c61352856---digovexozuwewozotikoxeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6989ab64dd---16463544152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3209feaf1ebdf024ec3458a30853125/jorefovedinitorezojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5976e29877---97238562313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46c953f80037f323371a58d23d0898df/kelitosabevelopanudibaxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710e24a641c---70500289231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/20743693534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3198fbbfbd---duxedomitex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/dedogefokibap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c77f3a099d---68726709678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=solve+system+of+linear+inequalities+calculatorPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/sogeperilozokodazivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000feec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011703.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11703 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 2e6382e35483f0d274ba96ff4ec6c20fe0a1fc580e12235c711b9012b047c520
font_02_sfnt_off00013097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13097 17916 bytes
SHA-256: acaf0752a92ef2568dab1fc1c64cc6065f066958f03324ab5a9a35b6d2bf1ecf