Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5d612f915b6bcd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-10-02 16:14:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b1bb74e37047ad0ebab91fe45be81e25 SHA-1: db6610c8892755b56e39ba7ea4cf7ff8b5f4d334 SHA-256: a5d612f915b6bcd29165ff0edb55172a6e7ce89ac8829ae29832c753d22d8c0c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically by providing instructions for password-protected archives. This technique is often used to conceal malicious payloads from gateway scanning. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites further supports this assessment. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and heuristics indicate a malicious intent to deceive the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4112e01f64eefd517a910bd65f301c7/82882854637.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613449c766273---piwasopeporenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0975811252cool.linker.tw/files/51832063116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkm-market.net/userfiles/file/99170785244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhattisgarhsanskritboard.in/sharpinstitute/images/files/jukoxusomeramalilibotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wufajapenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppogrimall.com/upload/editor_image/file/wowemotawuwitojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hocomesun.com/upload/wuzigimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://middletonchambers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34633963323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firegazitasimilemuzevume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16154393989029---risegalalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/99230139947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/xavoboxekojuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eaf0e332cb---xuzagefuzinapuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/1870186481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/43796178348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pluimveebeurs.com/userfiles/file/12335743703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16154369d71f18---12793306411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obraz-tlt.ru/userfiles/file/9314471924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanquinoafamily.com/shopadmin/upload/files/16458972664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egc.ecrom.work/syo/files/52456409388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuwaited.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22546610599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/famif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+open+a+pdf+file+that+is+password+protectedPDF 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_off0000b20b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB20B 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 2e03b2a85bdcb40e87ded4e3544a55ed22a81256058430124652a4004239c9df
font_01_sfnt_off0000cade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCADE 14448 bytes
SHA-256: 527aed2d7e59d4a15e44debf9ee85b9dc4bbae4ce81f78a54445821f896ac4a7
font_02_sfnt_off0000eec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1