Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9445616ab0d0d5e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-10 12:05:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 04a36281e423537d3bede22cd0da1409 SHA-1: b79ee1aed9e8c30659a15b69a965e4c85cea0f0f SHA-256: 9445616ab0d0d5e862442c2d6ba57e893f7163ab7b740eaab189f0d5c0a28f4c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for distributing malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely provides instructions for accessing a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway scanning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://a2hgghk.handylover.com/upload/files/22154414146.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://terezszilvia.com/images/uploaded/file/xeralakuvovarifaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senvietsystem.com/ckeditor/upload/files/4893972571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davnosti.ru/upload/dujotopetaxozuserom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibijiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/werusexivovupope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/82856274664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d6753e863---kobekutikami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/pexuvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pointerboards.com/uploads/admin/files/45776077927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/21708970406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/lukofowenumivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613944530d15a---fobevefedupopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/jedororop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dptour.net/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/30496885739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodecoder.com/userfiles/file/47862861516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/66224431883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a634bf3e51a74018871c9634ff6913f2/17998024907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://self-storage.sg/images/uploadedimages/file/93710599822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/17866710576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents/files/99679454998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydyb.com/filespath/files/20210908021608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erodiertechnik-wenzel.de/userfiles/file/61565155326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1gshvm08dhiv358uuat5h4ohl/sadumufavezifupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsg222r95o72ssp6jfppfpjfud/linasifitixexudazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+heart+red+nds+rom+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_off0000e1a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A2 18336 bytes
SHA-256: 7e81976ab7b7e9cb4329da68475bc0db3d6703e14b531e8642f1a98e5db2a2f1
font_01_sfnt_off0001117b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1117B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012992.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12992 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 6f99a55fb1225c062789f73a964ae94e0720ef44c3b7254bd532efb19e762570