Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 930efc6837bf3269…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:43:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 47d5e35bcb848879f4d5cf37a338922b SHA-1: 3c11118cb5fb386141ca76ae80832de744081493 SHA-256: 930efc6837bf32696a1f8845bb6e437c3d45f7149232fb18574425acab6f673d
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous embedded links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document may be instructing users to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bissell+spot+clean+pet+plus+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8ea82c372---88107943638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c5e830eed---85657305339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olech-rzeszow.pl/userfiles/file/35212119264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/62449774988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfa66e48cd---garavizuferilenonoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/45817201565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1841375cf6a4c09b2a4e79f137e9a30/42176469713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24001facdce56064d455f5c2c8fabc23/5496805834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161245754a4eba---vidilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tktravel.shop/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210609_6A6C17E923C055D0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/66908929984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/912204994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/xowibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1ai/files/file/paxululap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-pod-rozhlednou.cz/img/file/50104085493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bda051fae---50718048110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/56930674320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/43093615871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/2050724226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalbrand.cz/upload/file/82134975369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/tezodewusigoxoxugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1dbbf0c50---segemuzatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgefamilyreunion.org/clients/86186/File/fexasiwevowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd2d0e1a57---sepotofitabokujava.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_off0000afd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFD0 10588 bytes
SHA-256: d33cdd0498adf53250e052db87d66a2b098a17f67210e4eb1b7b596bc426f307
font_01_sfnt_off0000c802.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC802 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE014 13440 bytes
SHA-256: 164fab33849920bc53571c18b3918e883b0a91a8141ed948e0cb9106a466d82f