Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b592d7709df0f84d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.6 KB Created: 2021-08-20 04:02:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 8ca152f928299a28f76ad398399321b3 SHA-1: 56d99a2f1a9aca477ea1ed6b4993f3f9abe12ba3 SHA-256: b592d7709df0f84dd8b3624ad87377407365028d40544fb417a1285677b7fe7f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely provides instructions to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d20a8878530734873e41c0d1ddf62176/gulozitifikur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983d325888f---xenafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b647cd119---13616009073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/sanon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/batorisabukuxalezelaliku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18665938571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/35641898229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/mejojexif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774e5b17466---34286446028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twozonechickenlasvegas.com/uploads/files/xejolumaluxesuvizoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ee495dffdf---87805239048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/moxozupiridafifizona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/gogupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.ca/upload/editor/file/xazetebevewapuwisifafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/dejelizoritop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aful5coe1k2s29h4bfqh7n2hb1/84997421201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynadakikemalizm.com/resimler/files/debidujevawekisabofolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/27602009101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.eus/files/galeria/files/52713947181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irs-messtechnik.at/upload/62681516642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dda816526c---49991596776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed933fcf02e---nofenijesojawuter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrvbbkpkk7m42154c0ldndl0u5/fatawobixamedunaberowon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=reading+critically+writing+well+12th+edition+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89e16d76ee---vomabubedapojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00012dc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC7 18500 bytes
SHA-256: f22ec86ae8c7ce308ee62d0da54d7335fa75e058d98f2412e6477767daf60732
font_01_sfnt_off00015e37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E37 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 290abf73886f621356960d9798e230582c414e996835b03f6b2032484ae4c81c
font_02_sfnt_off000177a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x177A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1