Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b388fb6c66d4d2b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-08-05 09:24:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 764ef0e197c36b51bef9f08fd2647e9e SHA-1: 1cbcac01b3c41be889aacd274d81c62acb978d27 SHA-256: b388fb6c66d4d2b31ceef25a667131988d19887c26725932266ad4bcd4b327ba
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external files, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely provides instructions to decrypt a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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 http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/numoxig.pdf
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/41603872989.pdf
    • https://kocarbon.vn/luutru/files/jebenokabujabivemomeba.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091575c63cbc.pdf
    • http://dogoducthien.com/uploads/files/donebimo.pdf
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/zelanenexevu.pdf
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/79909687438.pdf
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/9444488354.pdf
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/wiwamukepoxezidopolebal.pdf
    • http://taiwangallant.com/uploads//files/202108041826158495.pdf
    • http://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/godiwexigiwimiwaminit.pdf
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1de762e4f2d64b54786c457f90c8e0df/25931497034.pdf
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/93093012535.pdf
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/dogagugav.pdf
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/5841581631.pdf
    • https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210725_757290ED7DAE8B4B.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbulb7479reck2plsp33gsbeu7/digaforedoguvix.pdf
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d3cc0d59e---junejiwafijikojorijowaxe.pdf
    • https://gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisekuvogebivema.pdf
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/91202332614.pdf
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d1b7f92bd71a9975d8ec19e6f3ee1fb/malojinulazifutedepig.pdf
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73e761308e---najeralegusegawad.pdf
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5m3ni93g1u7k7e1gks3gaepa3/fexutetagalara.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b90ac18f0---32083938410.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20f861154f096cdba88b4b4843273e4c/zusum.pdf
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxuwopulubuxuluto.pdf
    • http://el-master.ru/userfiles/file/14780524189.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=atividades+de+caligrafia+para+imprimir+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_off00010893.bin
d337d4803c828dbb0037a5c017b6a465bb135294bfffe928419f3ea4a5fb2a62
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10893 10784 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001213d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001394f.bin
2d8ba453ffb62f2454b3f42e26c7f1d89cb3aea3ed7b2578fce5a896eace5c1d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1394F 18836 bytes