Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9beb9678b5154754…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 15:55:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 462787a6c45703cb5f640d2fefaa4f48 SHA-1: f96b62887df3cb9c535ce74702c6173940a79576 SHA-256: 9beb9678b51547542435cc8626b36cfb2de4adcf2119a22cde9fb1c60c048d13
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many hosted on disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick users into downloading a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass security scanners. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • 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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://pomelieagency.com/userfiles/files/nabeselakasuxowedif.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a7fc052e7---nisolapajinafasesaduton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wine-paraphernalia.com/files/winep/_repo/file/nomeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/32144069485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/kenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d2ee9a4cc9---42869957700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/xabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ls12368.com/userfiles/file/22048892284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energcomb.net/cms_enercomb/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/vezibufonunivegetevidov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agarimo.com/archivos/archivos/bizepovarafadirezuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91302378339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7di70b2l8b6752874varqvnh3l/60834417534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aiddhbkcq5bcaz.xn--p1ai/upload/files/juxajufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qeyeoptical.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29641393626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiecarriere.it/uploads/file/refesole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajakipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serge-valentin.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipidujozezupuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pvvc.cz/files/wufakuxofutatarilakepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://attackworkoutprogram.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vamuliduxigezasapizirabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/kokapuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/tigarodotoserujazunupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilna-ya.com/_userfiles/file/kojopoferid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/jekatokakaxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a68489330af7636286c13c975fbe148/93796082506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzcil.com/uploadfile/files/zozuvub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=convert+protected+pdf+to+unprotected+onlinePDF 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_off0000db5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f371.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF371 17956 bytes
SHA-256: 0e432b0c11e72cc6beacbbe48504187e40e5f7764ba014bc032da6cf16bde150
font_02_sfnt_off00012261.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12261 10480 bytes
SHA-256: b2aa67be090dbd5abd2b2b0478ae782b078505471e1622f91a4eba58cd22d411