Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f6cba02580b2e40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:47:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0936d0f03965f54a37b2874518d0df30 SHA-1: 6f5c1e2e86f71115a026232db347e741273d312d SHA-256: 9f6cba02580b2e4080cd180cf85657ce728ac676ebada0666391f350b3e56517
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDFs, some hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic strongly suggests the document is a lure to trick the user into downloading and decrypting a malicious payload. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://razredna-nastava.net/files/besovurubuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/letewatenofamofubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mhauh36bdeo2qbeighd6b3ibo/77127819427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosme.org/uploadfile/files/woxinenizadune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mklaassen.nl/images/file/xefevinomadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/74762441350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podgoricki-klub.me/userfiles/file/kovedakogewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/kaselopaxoseno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ykitraders.com/UserFiles/file/19664185139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.com/upload/files/70362435203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130216354904---xuwalavulun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/renelisuzon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaintik.org/files/galeria/files/modevisifavanedezikiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a6258ce0b---rijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613723ff3c35d---jirutazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/wivamuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents/files/25737889973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katela.net/userData/board/file/zofuxowepanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/vesusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/19183239567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32275773384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49884688464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/firatad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicompk.com/survey/userfiles/files/junizonodupuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+walking+dead+definitive+edition+downloadPDF 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_off0000de00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE00 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 1d987da607461bdb5c476d08168c3eecc4f3d680ca1c0220ddba215c33924532
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E5 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 07a0a3cff39e2f825e3f1e58280107fab06857def3fce3562de7264c0f14244f
font_02_sfnt_off00012702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12702 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1