Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e148c18a6ef13683…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 05:09:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ba717c1937137c6d0f3cfdc285e45e3f SHA-1: a8310480dee18ccea0831b29a501fbc41b410fd0 SHA-256: e148c18a6ef13683c2db497296562de7344082accbd182e0e6497d12f9f6843e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable domains, likely intended to host malicious payloads. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' suggests the document instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade gateway scanning. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URIs and the link farm structure indicate a downloader or phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://okeefesreef.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12544426086.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76554569752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/25186866654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubesolbra.com/uploads/files/tetakolamef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbd7e5af00b459220a413af8d2722ac1/govogajozanako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc55b596ac---tefavex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunozamakilufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ka3i7vvd0fi6lfn0oi0ha5tis5/vejusojane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb66ab1a57---47265031840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxqzx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210903_075622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27594cb6401e00b69f09a3ca6fc41536/13464912960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiensa.com/UserFiles/File/makisovevolatulegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://woodfur.in/userfiles/file/fopajezaxefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/89151720824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/kewumivejitem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabinet-blin.fr/ressource/site-image/files/navofenijotowopezuvipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapempi.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sakizipelatapazotoxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posikalugefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saint-party.com/media/file/zuvupamunojekupatudovalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioblina.eu/userfiles/file/88851531420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerateacademy.com/file/33072220939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613689dadc193---16061103241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimosusto.eu/userfiles/files/82665580589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/82394979311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=aplicaciones+para+tener+internet+gratis+en+mi+androidPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ed37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001054e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1054E 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 61a773c8a1c77ee027955a6add03dd3dabb3e5240c8ccb691c05bc587214d53d
font_02_sfnt_off00011e22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E22 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 96b4b32848822d8ca46eea821867d9368280e1a1cfbfe3209d3b39f3da7e2977