Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a134ba8da71fc2bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 22:00:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f557106a7c62365df13d17dfc3587d4f SHA-1: c17670a8d92f533818193a2dd924e3303c1aa1ed SHA-256: a134ba8da71fc2bbc2d41866e7d6c9577a53cdf1403300bec55b9a3c12dda53b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick users into opening a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade security filters. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm used for distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://biosite.ru/images/news/file/baxuxabe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/37164977662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fdf2f125f13afb6d78f0266a465da42/novifavokubegazanaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/72692777813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafabevedezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/zugifekexewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayamalay.com/clients/874202/File/59728702155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fabcc3eb8d5dd930a48e479a06c33500/kulorumadazipeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/61739386595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/sogixavuxetodupanul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/dovabenutobufejodewibegen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eddfk5vjd4mmup27jjm4l7eg37/jajazoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a1a41a761---62066731158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da945d77928606c88c775b4c5895bd51/lutowetaxinajafozura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/vidopagefonapedudilaxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatagerorejabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ca6981625---8838241113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098323bca159---84598388502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/12876338957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4dfd8b1bf---poputenawilevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02785febace0aa7fb83894b9f6141585/simorokulusesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/39347071654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04af1bfc57335bcce323ccc3f25adf1d/kobowilosepaxifejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da0479f1ff2---25742711682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/91210995994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cute+baby+porn+picPDF 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_off0000d635.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD635 16704 bytes
SHA-256: 97e45aba35eec74ad343bedbca6acbab20299a1600158166e5e57dc41f631812
font_01_sfnt_off000101de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119F5 10536 bytes
SHA-256: f1682720b3d9cf3e720ad82176b324e0ef1cf3d344b4f7c5db507acc1f0b038d