Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d877b9de0b8b3670…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-25 03:58:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bfa758641b51807ef0297c1d91899f93 SHA-1: ebc016c253ed18077fe77c5cdb1d9ba8c38eb04e SHA-256: d877b9de0b8b3670c18cc41a7563d62bb00f7dafa3e225ba45ce6fdda7356cac
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is a PDF that uses a link farm to host multiple PDF files, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'password-protected archive handoff' heuristic and a 'visual download button lure' suggests the document is designed to trick users into downloading a password-protected payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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.
  • 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://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ib1vp9jn1ehgpcvqlkqklqhc6k/gopilafujitisulogijofekag.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a82c4506d2c7b35713d8ec56860ac052/27296458907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/dowesemupoxunuledej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5itco1pns2u4h41oahlf99kvs5/likimovitovosukupapufekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiajitutop.com/contents//files/poxiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/8388583945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/88943021749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hf1968.com/clients/48820/File/rawalezumunevozumekovavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/bedam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.comuserfiles/file/59249392260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/50102349970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72a866ce04779cc62bb6c87f0ef01d01/vogexajapizenezigiwumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91ed566ad08beb84ee5d7d4eaeb0bad5/16880803405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1621630737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607192d8bae08---fumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/patagejobuviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/20644231884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/25251893178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/krbv2onl00nju6cd3j2gdnsnk0/50692551870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/genezinilikokijuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r00e8sl0ptjldp05d19a2c7a76/sedunifixabefaluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daa63670171---53311092642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquarium-kochi.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuxege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidichike.com/upload/files/3969304413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=uploadsnack+password+txt+1.4+kb+elitePDF link annotation
    • http://janyska.home.pl/_mjanyska2013/fotki/file/wafipejunenisepebi.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9FE 16472 bytes
SHA-256: 0564c3a8bcf3d8e87b0bbaa6dd7e172b4df1e9517d3eba3ef3c5923a10bde1e5
font_01_sfnt_off000100b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B2 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 323577ca57986a7b2f4fd4e0c15a8b0f5bcaeaebab57d3c4aac5e49292be18ba
font_02_sfnt_off00011ac2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000132d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132D4 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 61ce47e5308b2bcd65842868fa14e5cda0b309b762e72676d910623dc5c6964b