Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da16d33a317b2dda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 17:46:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d7bd308b4f7337f6a288be0134ce6e89 SHA-1: 2b7a09db911369d28e942314c879df36a8300eb9 SHA-256: da16d33a317b2dda54422eb24711947f565e6cbe003644ddf6999c940635734d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress instances or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for distributing malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade initial gateway scanning. ClamAV also detected this file as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/78006129189.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608130bf80b61---buxexifagedogerabilolele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf33bcdb3f9c04173dd831ae21202939/93621136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02ca74ff4ad0ce80d6f0a788c4309c51/gevujilupide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec23759ea6---pujopunuvapewizunut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/rebobezejinusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d63029289c7fe4b96b61407718f163be/53150090171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a751b529b28---kipupozemut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92a5939e3b92228cce037758b9f9bfa8/75604912912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents//files/jonezifufaperi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5q96kg7s79uuen0iucq4cgkid/15693107544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/videlufajevaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiegravesen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zelagodolirubagokuxuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078314624882---nesuzorazoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rll8gavhmnbfvko5crd4o2op87/saninega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://666666.vn/upload/fck/file/gubukovezujiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opei4a1cqtmdeqi135v9v770sk/40146767776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/wemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bc10853c5---13802766556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujcbv9disq7pkvuij4e35f2j94/66734402013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/jepasusabevunugasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f47fddbea---37074333593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/12053728140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=bengali+movie+mp3+songs+free+download+zip+filePDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0954e914ac---wuxezebebekonofos.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_off0000f161.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF161 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 7fc0f028261c528694dfbb41dadae7a9e731bf517a74a500b977ac263250c740
font_01_sfnt_off00011d6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13585 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 0e687bcc9c2aa6ea540687b13df3ef23b369bdf72e45c630ca1a3dd3b98ac47c