Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7c9320393cf767a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-08-20 13:57:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b90a1e9147fba0423bed0daae7971d41 SHA-1: 93f85db09bf02106ce87cc9d7fbe3f5bb79430cd SHA-256: a7c9320393cf767add5681aeb48707fc7da3900b3c3eca2be6347a862a8253e2
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on various domains, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate malicious destination. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to decrypt a subsequent payload, a common tactic to bypass security filters.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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.
  • 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 http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image//files/87490979450.pdf
    • http://massimoandyuethui.com/clients/69227/File/sowalojulalamasoga.pdf
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74eed055abd6fd170755aa17dbfc2a5f/39422348875.pdf
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/11059220155.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e78b46d2934---gigizolugagexidoki.pdf
    • http://broadmoor80.com/clients/866172/File/gufufisotazegivefimisa.pdf
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95172677884.pdf
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/82680078375.pdf
    • https://hostingpazari.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xosufakomasujuxarijupe.pdf
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021819925312385.pdf
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/13134881566.pdf
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610babfb93f8f---68512796767.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfcea46f5fed9dfda73c8a13eb09aa05/bilobowisubofesimizukisu.pdf
    • http://historico.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekofozomenotox.pdf
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/66847261842.pdf
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b302a5964df---82753622462.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/21601719311.pdf
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/99304948331.pdf
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d836erm58u7dfbmifno9laa4/pipej.pdf
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f632be371a---1866037064.pdf
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/77657731162.pdf
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/2556625892.pdf
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op78p4pu58mq85l6unhep639ji/72165407262.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8cfc450fb6---gevogekoderoledufos.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=solucionario+de+geometria+plana+de+calvache+pdf+gratis
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/69894866375.pdf
    • 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_off0000d593.bin
a357d77e5c751d3a2edd971fedbdede5f717b172cbe289537b8ec85332921f50
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD593 17660 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001028a.bin
5588e0bfcbc31a1a980d69aa9341d2cc5242297d1ccbd44f0d737fe889725da5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1028A 11308 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011cba.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CBA 16792 bytes