Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b330e258d5db74e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:02:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fa6f4c1b3b31134799cb04db2153d397 SHA-1: 96a5441c8a9672b4d5a6fe97a4ab2e70ae79ade0 SHA-256: b330e258d5db74e3686b4cf9c19f7ec83480d9299581c040aa14ad67bb40691a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and ClamAV detected it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a198f607441---19564916524.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gpszone.hu/upload/userfiles/file/supaxatofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/porumakulevejixupujiwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eu1hpup40c572gcue0933moli/jesedekukobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc8cb51c417---xubodetupafagupobaborazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a6cd8d905---livobabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanking.net/userData/board/file/33428117278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eszixv.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nilij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/kowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phucuongplus.com/upload/files/jokotidinemaribiwugezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107e9e999a8f---19335888045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegneriarossi.it/userfiles/files/nifanus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40831616add3d6e05ed4072f0f4b005e/96148837715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marjoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/28259487571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161156d17220b0---rerudufafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c442d601f22---vukozelekebijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf5a020e1cd---kipiwoxoxudewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac29fcbd6c7---36259365166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://museeducuir.org/upload/files/pekofenudazemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/76702337556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yds-wcv.jp/free_images/files/monirajekekeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulsamemorialclassof71.com/clients/84987/File/97029178220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611de850e3e75---80765144262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+enregistrer+rotation+pagePDF 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_off0000d2a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eabc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEABC 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 1b4981872eb62cba5ae01d91b24184827c3b93507280fb55db8a54170774364f
font_02_sfnt_off000102ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102EF 19584 bytes
SHA-256: 41b841e0ca6f1a5eadf2aa304041e69c0b1d67a7b484cfcb55aa5398f90bf24d