Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6401d0de9cbaee5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:26:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 23aec74e4635a4ff09cd7caee11f0560 SHA-1: 9bcbc70f51a1cca3dcb1fe2f4acfb2e66b04cb7f SHA-256: d6401d0de9cbaee56c184bf1d0dfc0185031065bb74724c5fa5230fafc40c363
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple links to compromised WordPress upload directories suggests the document is designed to facilitate the download of a secondary payload. The 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic further supports this, indicating the document likely provides instructions to decrypt a malicious archive, a common tactic to evade security filters.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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.
  • 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://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133555a286a5---dizobutiruloj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://seasonsblinds.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79311427954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/userfiles/file/95589918007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mar3ol.com/Files/files/xemupaletevejarevowopijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handlpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37533066720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c94ffea844---93590394380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://client.diffuse.info/files/39920915491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613738a38b0ea---48900925199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422b95c9a75---28714979835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/saguseruwovubiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e553fc253e---sigabezafidasowenominaziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/82806243864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5129d1371---82588548447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruhmann-elektrotechnik.at/rizazotatojokalopepobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210915195244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130200a103cb---dexemutedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavukapirotajoxeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puntodeplacer.com/userfiles/file/87516393341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fasakuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://105chers.netsociality.com/upload/files/sefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accidentmatters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33634323771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15a283b3393d962b88b4641723b914cb/51167446158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosycaffe.com/file/26470887605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=latest+version+of+magiskPDF link annotation
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51022619392.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_off0000dfc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFC6 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 59e2f50ef9c195a0ca89b510e84d2268f428d93ce97c2cf279fc82950a9b0f64
font_01_sfnt_off00010e94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126AB 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 4a0034e01c02dd40c9342522ca666405298cf30b022c6a03f785e55095da2d85