Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85a45130e656aba5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-19 06:19:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 480ac00357b799de7e59de0962586670 SHA-1: 5c57ebd2c4035163f22b3ae6b916e0fb8db44257 SHA-256: 85a45130e656aba57da17d5d049fa5e6e0a771c4d18fb3689ff4fa5cab87ec67
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised CMS sites, directing users to download files. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates that the document likely provides instructions to decrypt a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

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://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d756b68329---rurod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/90397802980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/jutisasakofulefametatek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73163451194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detmers-kontejner.hr/files/68517576601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roxburyhs1987.com/clients/63080/File/fonuxefajudetitovipajarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/gorixalex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6b88a7eccb---dimufinifogodamasijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/dotomopudizukasuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61bb55593f2208b99c180acb6fcd3a46/wumejinitirukepava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jepuzulebosogowovipavuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuoredicane.it/userfiles/files/77547937003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujanum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emmanuelmissionarybaptist.com/clients/74938/File/96862248262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/68801579367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103152b61d61---80156690270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d08f54eb607---16668399930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/rukowewonuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb6770fd2ab43c4722bbcd4fdf45a08c/34811028999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7467477849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsmpublicschool.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/xoregidopopakokefezoruxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/56163604387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/2119139465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pldt+wifi+hacker+apk+iosPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D2 16728 bytes
SHA-256: 3ded91549cc373525b5fdb6b235c69e3133b61f5d8199656967577383cd08b3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f00e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00E 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 97e5933f3a76eb365df4c97c11d108095548119af2833d5b244280b82b1921a4
font_02_sfnt_off00010920.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10920 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012132.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12132 17424 bytes
SHA-256: aa5e466a5044ebeb009bd0b65e3473e55ce0226f2ea8f1a2f3b5b711ccc63723