Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 969b9e3294d35a95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-08-08 10:57:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fbb68e127402e1595f0e11ae02d1c698 SHA-1: a9b5f4f0f3fc41c41a4ea548130dfa3a20de558d SHA-256: 969b9e3294d35a9592f9f7e5db39cf662ddc10210f234855ded4f39a47f901ac
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting sites, some of which are compromised CMS uploads. 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 security. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://darec.sk/files/files/27352206775.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/dedesiwukafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608232bcafbbb---5850500102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/4654035698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd61a2d61dc57fb8d55d92e1886fb898/lubosalubomewivupigebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/sofatemobatotamotuterete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/4984951473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8662847b2---xoxevejewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55c15b9a00---52190056104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/81953857941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsunyapi.com/userfiles/files/1488542022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0n4ltgu18hhflpt548vgshnn5/21676585000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/011c56f80d10b612c5fa01aedab6b93c/65876589421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/sitikebunexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/dopilogafofis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9k1tdq6p9vlp03809g8kfesguc/81947410153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd73c6100a654674aa68fed5fdbbabbc/9860297520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekejitigofenijeravekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/3073799811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074f919cec3d---nemebevosugiduwavixido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/mevolavizipufuxamalajala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gogigokavikus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+hill+climb+racing+without+cheat+enginePDF 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_off0000d44b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD44B 16724 bytes
SHA-256: ba79bf2c3f6fe2ffc5906ce9df15b7c11bd1143d5bd554adea2a00fa7fa1668d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fffc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011813.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11813 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 401f9a3872f128e85c895401d32bc88a98935de6e6f38325983b485df08df1bb