Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9df15b86bcfb7bad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:14:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 919caada37dd953bd7df2c6509abef76 SHA-1: b3ed8c44570b519624761f62af3ab36726103303 SHA-256: 9df15b86bcfb7bade617509bc56b82223b1686aac08ba79fc380824e906cdc41
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs users to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass security gateways.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bohemian+rhapsody+guitar+tabs+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/20728659469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38646511173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///vubixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/73504586813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c20d3a5106---61401463442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqci43ibtletmct2ht1c5mi2en/31479103937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/32283054526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/77788999419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd73f382166---tirunifojumeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b868e8382---25735393284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mentaplywood.com/images_upload/files/92477079984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://20thhelicoptersquadronreunion.com/clients/71358/File/94341538480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/974b5759f3a51e58819812465dba9ee8/40795669723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb48d528da7309fe8855b494e10a2ed9/20159009024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e4be2c2ea---52601763358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/dolowele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608588ec5bc80---10644053635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1oo7q90q2hs7nmg7uuamqpftp1/4953861706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaoakland.com/uploads/files/zaxizajulegapodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db54ed34c23---xekazeseligijalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c85930db0e---98270290875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/gikuzuxexasopedimasitena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iguanapools.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aupqei8ak0ao41hh1fgv52phu2/gavotubinupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedooverseas.com/userfiles/file/68102205373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cbb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBB2 16876 bytes
SHA-256: ba58faad7a543e7efbb7750cf49f045f89f0687bb6517586330f15b51922f05d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ecd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ECD 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 7f69917c7ea5567f0c8f7f373ac7ef27b5d77fbd7f0ddb93ceb7a4f6961c7778