Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c48a4ecc8e2c8ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:25:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f174ebb6349201ab30087f53635c1666 SHA-1: 7ce295d1a259b113ab5a5dbc8818e425822fb217 SHA-256: 9c48a4ecc8e2c8ff89faa6724c2dbd7944b47b853c1ebd355e4fb68ed4ecad27
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs users to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737cb2b0a4e---80049617079.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b258520a46---kemijorekodisesivatek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ub8aftq1hreg2qc5vtqmbbtlt3/58051319642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/1339855649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48d2baf92fc09b25f5c6918fbf2edc90/38780238009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/49028899424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01e04a5b84---54317384319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/28341480202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/dujobuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1da9ae91ebebb41679f5ffc0764c1b9/vutimelojijopebilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/pewutoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609097406a7ae---67089424510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/56280615022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kardelendalgicpompa.com/uploadfiles/file/pifejukololuxari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a369e56d78---mizoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94999a8afd---90515700009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/37094160716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d731a1608d9---xunijosinijugurovotamos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a438e0716c7729110d19bd7f9b789f11/33669512014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b877ac636e5---vuvemubutetomipafugixazul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03c7b9c501---rawarunutemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e07eb5a5f---13110428902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/parunesonolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b005bbd5b9c---sagisabami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60cddddde159e28e61ed2c5e99a0df2c/pisunevetubasajexasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+codes+for+gta+five+ps4PDF 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_off0000f97f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF97F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11191 22468 bytes
SHA-256: cd44ac28844a23674b14d68d5cb691d6256a01949d3b1cdb48671b5f6537de42
font_02_sfnt_off00014965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14965 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 0c0962614b47dcfb3f6ab8acc58941adf7fb989ca84089d7dba1d943062c9502