Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95382db8fadabf1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 06:57:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cbab386e35d1d6b2d68e150c373c6434 SHA-1: f2e3892c3b61e1f90ad7f375f61a24e3fe587e8c SHA-256: 95382db8fadabf1fd5bb84008ad5e4258ce13f975188ae48693836cafbb47b58
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely contains instructions to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade gateway scanning. The presence of numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or SEO spam. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and link farm indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0a09a9c46---xalevaluwolina.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/77511992641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/40601158267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uklearningnetwork.com/userfiles/file/67459528623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31508396803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japemowubivoziwizepilujof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/notafazoximefonigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jj-metals.com/userfiles/file/2021090407141773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/dovisepugisafezupigimawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-med.eu/userfiles/file/23181721644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1501l47i26kvc0vk73e2h8h9r6/43711763024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/76294081359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5333ba9a0---povafoluvorimetejonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivesadamelavivulep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoevalledeabdalajis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37005064033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jilienjrubin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tekenik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/17810135407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobspace.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/70340496803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/tuxofemipapiwizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanubowowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup4.com/contents/files/xadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f009bc61923525ee0dd786084909824/xetuvodiwobenumupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amgaa.org/temp/files/78584772161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongchengtech.com/uploads/files/202109021404012883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/wozefejovowagonugupazili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=solucion+tablet+china+se+queda+en+el+logo+de+androidPDF 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_off0000d49b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD49B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB2 11108 bytes
SHA-256: cb9eddefa62bbe6d50516cb4c375d5e78cf2fd491c700f49bb8c64e8f0f30cd0
font_02_sfnt_off000105fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105FA 17560 bytes
SHA-256: e6a369056f143266b74785f30beda311390091142b0741e566837a6f983cf43b