Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d084a166f90ddab9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 08:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 3223b03724578aa0571daeab1ae7344d SHA-1: 41fd6072a9c12590d10541d798613f7cfc4116d2 SHA-256: d084a166f90ddab9fca78b2c6971a9ee77299421c10e5fb48e4bad05e57bc03e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic suggests the document may be a lure for further malicious activity. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+lives+gardenscapes PDF link annotation
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/51935276404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avesta-hmora.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/mozonepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/76152969989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norrlandet.se/userfiles/file/lukorarutobadanezimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ba55b395a---9230426141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/dovisuguvuvilukaxili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e5c67a10c---xabekasedujogod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/betenipezesif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/22303052702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93309479015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/80225942324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/9986410307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/75773295174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/97910310038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rorodumimexirosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/38683312549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fa6dfad6a9---puripasaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/4429513476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/163122918612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95849181533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/43676805620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30872134028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/70929756642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventclub.pl/userfiles/file/sabifesitafujuwukelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/xajivojivomepasodunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulamanis.com/contents/files/gadokedipovotuzipu.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_off0000d5da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5DA 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 8154b06cdc339c1bc8109ee7d3af2c8b7e3eba565f18fcc17ada7e2a55bdddfc
font_01_sfnt_off0000eda7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B9 17004 bytes
SHA-256: 1c34b96a03732d0ba6175c8fa06c948eebe58a164bf62cc226d1ebb5fecdc771