Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e7a4143deeee763…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 11:19:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8af310e66965ef87a1a6ac28ea309955 SHA-1: 14d2b42dcad7d1e13eec4412cadedaf95d878296 SHA-256: 9e7a4143deeee7638195ddcef9736bf0c7edadf7c4eb4035dbe4451da3c6e8fe
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic suggests the document may be a lure to obtain a password for a separate malicious archive, a common tactic for evading initial security scans. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/51610587067.pdf
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgbkeddhhkd3rbtf8pnql50156/nupenolabekuxosoziv.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2g51hjmue4ecvt3mn6qotdiap/valaropisoxorapux.pdf
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867755db5cf---sojezobaxokawotaxazapiga.pdf
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/28370485091.pdf
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0082ec71c4d51ebdcf18e4f5e66b3ade/84596147899.pdf
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623cfb27c3dd63095657aa7a30be0607/purubaduxexofadojenak.pdf
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27679226122.pdf
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/sotunojanikifixuwemapu.pdf
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3dc2m8fd7iclo6r26vbsdv7lk/xubuw.pdf
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ho6evh2mc6blhol9ui01pup4jt/90757000198.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4bc7a034ad4d37553bef9ac55fcec65/jujokenevozitevuguno.pdf
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///31345298802.pdf
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fdcce0688---nedofasopamovusenufeji.pdf
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/gisuvetagufi.pdf
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7n0uqpcq8rhkgm0m37e46864t6/xepirugulutila.pdf
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7696ad4c2---pilodomubutudar.pdf
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793e4d66113---fijutuximebenaxofesugawad.pdf
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/70374139370.pdf
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd94ab2406---33803189706.pdf
    • http://cosmik-kino.ru/sadm_files/93881314018.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03663070257396de00f070ba12dfe776/xujeferej.pdf
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/gekewodonozawupigulunam.pdf
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/42140342051.pdf
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///15658709522.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=god+of+war+ghost+of+sparta+ppsspp+highly+compressed
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012880.bin
30d281654e2f699e5924a05c4e9187f23b6e5ebeaee1ac9daa10fce16151e22f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12880 17960 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001575d.bin
e7f4842960be7d138cdaa49fd91b2bad78afd0928d43cd2b99f6c57a3a38730b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1575D 11204 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001718b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1718B 16792 bytes