Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8496b31b6ddbdf80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-21 14:13:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5f8ce3622ba1237afb99ea946f0dac63 SHA-1: a8a2516de1118ba525dfa5928956b9fb65daa650 SHA-256: 8496b31b6ddbdf805d5010b2e93b409b22f8ed8853ed27f855239f232c76bd81
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress uploads or disposable domains. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or redirection to the malicious archive.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://atreve.eu/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/fonewowodenabafobog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbbafdba672---kopavawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/80390703026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29a06e69e1---67623550982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20387d7e90---podazujiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niposi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/84741434513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12543441466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5lkog3etqv0nl67cj9oavhp6b1/venudetevutorobok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2tnn80a23qcfiji645i62j8eo/72249527996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parokisantolukas.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/saxezugota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/51531477615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xusugakasemoregalidilunar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0289df150abb7660cf2165e430ae9471/sigigabaruvokegikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/fasirudifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cg5dsijr4el0mrj6as3hkevhjh/59769399042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/66038512562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingbikeonline.com/images/upload/File/9589389381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/wonekozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostavkaturov.ru/files/file/48514435208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/gugumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0b6c63885---ladakajiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/50203558876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r549m3adsmhk0kt4kdg8rjuf1e/rerogulofukurividutiwixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=aviation+structural+mechanic+navyPDF 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_off0000f1d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E5 17456 bytes
SHA-256: a5cb97c6fb2dec06176e3a69c71f179e3469f5268613ddb28b8ac17a39b69fa8
font_02_sfnt_off00013786.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13786 10756 bytes
SHA-256: ebdf564d678c529de18731d13ef64940c6f890c0d4cb271ef57a908ec063f7cd