Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc1a5263b84174fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-24 01:21:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 04b1eb6b6bec24fe687f36392c952d54 SHA-1: 16608c4bd3e326d0b52cc2c4afaf3a2b383a3739 SHA-256: cc1a5263b84174fed5e84eca131c9c48d7d2ea059e34e3048a4a84fa97a691ce
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely contains instructions for accessing a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. Embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to PDF files on disposable hosting, suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://psychologkmalinowska.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58629896192.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134c1ead8355---lejidufezobodexixovasipas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/defanurokunodidumufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/logovasidisidovanazapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210909120606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/13623970485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fainitelecommunication.com/public/editorfiles/file/dumowipejoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asliev.coco1490.com/upload/file_folder/file/30418226664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nidolefokogedali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifbscalidad.eus/files/galeria/files/74422212303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashasuchikala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37244835838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/53707930940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pavusetekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jyapa.com/jhuoyue/uploadfiles/rabiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamhead.net/userfiles/file/zutefazafisosikagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kluchar.net/klucharnet/images/file/45739559991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/30266051772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f2f161e45---menewazijib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vutozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27eb10d92c8dd76f8b4a0cb2e57f1385/22188954379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seasonmediagroup.com/pic/file/23441636019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nelesolali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=como+puedo+ver+mi+contrase%C3%B1a+de+wifi+en+androidPDF 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_off0000f13e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13E 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 2f858a9b8ad50e2f225270518afbafa60ca9e26fc041b4f67734a6d077598d18
font_01_sfnt_off00010b5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5E 19860 bytes
SHA-256: 4b11fa686b920cf73655c3564c0f5e923aa204e96a4a264ea79fe6f518bbe718
font_02_sfnt_off00013ebe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1