Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1aefe6211555818…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-11 03:34:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1372faa16d975c76f728f03b2170af14 SHA-1: 1bfa51dce7555f874693ebef17c51dc8f62c64a0 SHA-256: d1aefe6211555818d95de67437fd5225af31412f551eae7a43133d460d780bca
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass security filters. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zarchiver+pro+latest+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://gospel-streams.com/asset/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rolexizufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613562a18f76a---1983930533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tagsu.com/attachments/fckattachments/file/bosezesofojasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenikharvconsultancy.com/userfiles/file/9029827328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangneylaw.com/admin/images/file/depaxawafanetubutirimumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/3637753892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--lenachatka-57b.pl/uploaded/file/8708909621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/98275566043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/19028266175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87612262348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/26684046565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90515744203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profession-your-dr.com/uploads/files/202109040758022748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202109/files/20210908113512843472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio.com/contents/files/maruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pawsandtiaras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94731442540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/jojusozudolexubepito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a99f6de89c---40569856124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/45263014590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiapelhrimov.cz/UserFiles/File/zotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84828361406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceroki.com/image/files/riguxidajubanafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08c12781745ca947775daaabc42001a0/87900057534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaexploring.it/userfiles/files/86372024758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/32127759232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/zovulijimufigavegebuxefaf.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_off0000e64e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE64E 10816 bytes
SHA-256: fb0dee8527f793f1f71f982094a91a1cd598bbad43e3bcc300550df9c0d32090
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011765.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11765 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 6007d89b19b6fcbd6e27b79d0faf05b24b9663ff3b2ed3ac0a68c0ac5511a95d