Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df443f37913c9ab1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:35:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dafdb867589203c4afdd6445476e3ea1 SHA-1: 1eb452bb71db3437af66f47c2ea3fcbb824fa691 SHA-256: df443f37913c9ab19afff12ce519f91921a9e8b5892e727c7890dd2046548f0a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further malicious payloads. The document also includes numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The presence of a 'password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates that the document may be instructing the user to obtain a password to decrypt a malicious archive, further reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=data+analysis+plan+research+proposal+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e3345c10f---35222331824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/widamixikejamuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/gubabekiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d3da1b421b2e2ee46098c33379fc945/20597082328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/70510808982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/95444728540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0kgm5k3m08p2eljo76n19dkcgq/28854108301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/wumemogunifowuvipiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipadel.com/userfiles/file/menenipoxodijetivewoxotav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d804198d71d6dc4a9efdd2f771030727/32351331671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourpon.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210629_2F6E265191DA28D2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab349cd718912759409c05c066540a12/39415380883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basalyemek.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wananoxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tigabirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/panofamivufelotut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/2836095776115bda4c92ef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9d4a7471e4676a58e5b1dbaf575875c/satizujegapekoneroxokeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2fe48b8a5---91468933258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-yachts.de/res/wysiwyg/file/gaxenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/fidepujupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/872dpoadn59d3v02ev67of3rj3/tajasepome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://methese.com/upload/files/magaludemutokipabikebuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/13226717216.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_off0000df33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF33 17640 bytes
SHA-256: 814184faed21095e91e94dd0b4b725e97e31d09a10da29b129674c17464021e3
font_01_sfnt_off00010d0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D0F 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 5ac197625400324288145d18ee7174e2a7510b99fbb0eb83647d951955ab668d
font_02_sfnt_off0001260b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1260B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1