Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4383abf5333e227…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 23:51:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b20a4e14145c46fb8f66c969d8fcad01 SHA-1: adda602d6c3d486a4538d16208683be9521d5aab SHA-256: a4383abf5333e227069ddd0c868d38e70b7526732270645688ed0cd760285922
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document's purpose is to trick users into downloading a password-protected archive, likely to evade security gateways. The presence of numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210715_23D4FF0B7F4752E6.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e793a58247a107dcb008186a4f0e6ef9/58656095152.pdf
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/68566111968.pdf
    • http://hankyunget.net/userData/board/file/92861691634.pdf
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/81455388141.pdf
    • http://ecohouse-lab.de/userfiles/file/vapozofarafiteluvavatije.pdf
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/tetusose.pdf
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/gewavisimijoruvavevof.pdf
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/xozavuregizobevawuba.pdf
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/newobujifod.pdf
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/42140661588.pdf
    • https://beruanglucu.com/contents//files/35661075427.pdf
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/wajibuzu.pdf
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/25026995160.pdf
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/xiwitiditudop.pdf
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/zivowukaxit.pdf
    • http://superpart.com/files/turik.pdf
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210718_8C460C778ACF121B.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f28b6a19c---favazidezilokuzikaro.pdf
    • https://blogsma.com/files/16947150958.pdf
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pi78dkdjfoo89g62748rhtjc37/limanekozotititeduluwug.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=formulario+para+el+ingreso+a+la+preparatoria
    • 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_off00011d41.bin
12771fc053c94fff5d9da3eb325cb91aaa60d71f681386d1c3791c5c63eee3ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D41 10672 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000135aa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135AA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014dbc.bin
cffa8397d1a8cf121d929c8418a17dab42ce89ba973d6b602a9e7e38b1972892
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DBC 19168 bytes