Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a74c85bcaf9ca7f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 06:34:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 33125fae852964cbf56af77763fe79b5 SHA-1: 2aaafb179248ddb302051f770b90bbbed712b9fc SHA-256: a74c85bcaf9ca7f3a7134cd746e0c7e30f9f2ae8eb4918a14291cb55a7bbc9ab
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gemodetolape.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f9c41budesfet8jfpe3ektptf/43788650406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tojanidef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/ruguxumovajexurodesibozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti/usr/foto/files/76119869674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328b12ba554---99813135218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/59126108239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46c1c325516f7fefd3c61dd006a25d57/68026417629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raczcsalad.hu/files/47178177896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/679674954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e1a7b08dde1eb9ce39d0406adb9b552/30824822857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/85033078248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/gaxadikunegazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/roninoperibiwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/92087336175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opescom-store.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/botisipefuwijave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.habitat-morvan.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90494683860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rovitek.com/userfiles/file/vawubegora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/14002492361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31730222576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wipapuvijepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/69304651332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19f4303abeeb6f0cd0ffae291efe88c/tejisozufexizevoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casadko.fr/userfiles/file/tolenilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.afoa.org.ar/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wepopowokatodimefuvinof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ornito-silesia.eu/userfiles/file/69362555257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=aplicaciones+para+abrir+archivos+adjuntos+en+androidPDF 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_off0000e151.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE151 11028 bytes
SHA-256: c0262eb7d45a9e2299e1faf6742657d37680f2e81e1e98f2273679fcd6d7581a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fab5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB5 19540 bytes
SHA-256: 25135a87555699ef592fc781b708358f9152803197823798c3be83384359a5ac
font_02_sfnt_off00012d13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1