Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8521e3f0d21735f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 13:33:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 28e82e2a918064c3449e3957b2565a25 SHA-1: 242e244149b07063f068c141a9ad0623a215a94d SHA-256: 8521e3f0d21735f7d2ef9366661bd4d143c7b954a40ea0a3314c3ec836e4e181
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript, suggesting it's designed to execute malicious code. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates a common tactic to conceal malware from initial security scans, likely leading to the download of a second-stage payload from one of the numerous embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://anakmeong.com/contents/files/76675064265.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/jexobarepufezida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/50783622137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/kinadakubupebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosbaffo.com/userfiles/files/19566224901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/lonebetoximidexokuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiegravesen.dk/userfiles/file/15395834654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/83478975478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/linudagazarezime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africalegal.nl/userfiles/file/jatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cd013cbea4d421f07500ffecd4f0108/nonuzutoduwiwikobutek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/81259548744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73866788120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/924c9a473960f44377a35cc1699b7ef9/kavekutupebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6780490fea87f95fa932ffd611853522/topepafozazapefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/futolezagevalarufulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/kiwabativumewajavimawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/09/file/202109032307036472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodentpetrosino.it/userfiles/files/pisimetekefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents/files/59960292723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/lurak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alcantara.cz/data/file/lopaninusajusefopusasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fivugetesurateleladofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/74677682923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=kali+linux+book+for+hacking+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_off00010b02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B02 10924 bytes
SHA-256: cf90918b7b390da22ad74772487bf967a3edfe0db8bbdc0040c2072f91af9b7c
font_01_sfnt_off000123cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013bdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BDD 19420 bytes
SHA-256: 16deca4e6b6513c70abf3558c04d7c6baf1bb2c976bfb54c8b8c022c14d467a2