Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca8075199eff5e5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-08-20 00:31:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 76e99e782844af4a36a4b6edecc7d0a3 SHA-1: e41c8c3528134b10afe7eeb5505f9bd2efb05e67 SHA-256: ca8075199eff5e5c48920519d916212b46239da325a256dc905b9765de6fff5e
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF document contains heuristics indicating it is a link farm and a lure for clipboard command execution, often used in phishing campaigns. It also explicitly mentions password-protected archives, suggesting a common tactic to bypass security filters. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and ClamAV detected it as a phishing trojan. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of these lures and the overall structure point towards a malicious document designed to facilitate the download of a secondary payload, likely through a command-line interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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 https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7b6ea2b5daa2189a0db927e5c2f11de/51252608091.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/juwoxadip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10gts984nafqgms36jqp3irmc0/fopivetezumibagofipeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/risokenegugojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interior-mark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51686026255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/94304520464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minerva-collection.net/files/files/pemenomudawokifepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomorecpapmachine.com/userfiles/files/54882199602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0895b06fd---31683895088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/vakejudijup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc7435345abdea16b078d9aaf3bd217/pimiresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a98e91c82---fapovopowusisasipanurimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac18408cce3---fokowekuzuwipexunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtipa.com/upfile/files/2021/08/11/24051696170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b2d8d27a0710240fc32d296c8fa4c3e/bivakuligovifevetewejowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/jibevepovimezubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ded25cda46---21616306859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/36139680720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609062b389734---wagetajukizifede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083603d2a89d---dorebuluranoxeluza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a504f2f020f---magelapipotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/55089156480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cludk85hng5kfoqt5kr8dar96r/70610583310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/46092708465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulanceservice.pl/userfiles/file/tikemivoriwazukidavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nawulejoterumekukemizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmj0rb8dpkeu0si03hu8u34ri1/lopogoponivuliloxozujasof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=rar+password+recovery+mac+os+xPDF 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_off0000e242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE242 17676 bytes
SHA-256: 27da011b2895941bef2f30d6cf99b7ac1142524f8f696d3942e6e995e378a833
font_01_sfnt_off00011083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11083 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 4c00b334bbb5d881336d2d86eb96a41966949acbf3147eaad947d1fd9b293668
font_02_sfnt_off0001295e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1