Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 888ed4d3656e53cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:34:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7b32cabc5111ee0151cd5ea3c18b671b SHA-1: 3e35848da877d91207e50dfe639936c6a504ae2d SHA-256: 888ed4d3656e53cd1af654349ba61d3eece51cff615cbf1a325d89044bfbf87f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external files, many hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm used for distributing malware. 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 scanning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing lure for a trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/sagipufukewop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca2ea9a9e4---24125467789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/fonenesepidusebavewedifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/jurunoxaliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/matofobebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fu-xin.tw/uploads/files/202108232347163949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3229906dc---32998120814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.css-jp.com/upfile/files/2021/07/03/gurevogukimokakekexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1daf579f54037213ebc0591aee68000/31812306556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/sejavotopojosafojikubiwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/rekamumegogusosetufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--mgbaf4adbs1bd2i.net/upload/ckfinder/files/dulubobobel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19eba5ff02---47269158683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtestbd.com/assets/uploads/files/80844447402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a285442c2af---55577619565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elturo.ru/img/upload/files/99476434806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef5181f7d2a2d89ed86c2df786e1dcd7/raputawedavage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9f05a59807---gorison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://painttechvina.com/webroot/img/files/94885970969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/ragowipukivemakijiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ceef30259b---fivikaguzumawefinawutedav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/28376693140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f11e8fa4faadd3721956835bdb0fa25b/21018649078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/982d0a5655d5c3450eb67debb818a9da/bamisawiwaresulifuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ap+postal+notification+2019+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0001357a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1357A 18404 bytes
SHA-256: 1417c2912c44f9a8077500a95724e8e799c76ed4a18fe4e40345cf1b9f54050f
font_01_sfnt_off0001652d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1652D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017d44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17D44 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 5cd830f61aba169d4928a502d05b576fd0318fc1883db3d277c00075fd2ddc51