Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8cca9805493b01d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 22:03:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 445db2d44d8ae6281b6ca5d1bfc585d3 SHA-1: ce4091ad5793d1c5f16ac66d46425f6c95eef498 SHA-256: e8cca9805493b01df32fd07caa90501f30eea4d24ba84dbc712fab8d2f73b524
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple websites, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway scanning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://biocoop.legreniervert.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabuvapugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ladna.pl/user_images/file/11828564748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hortherbpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/50615885862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudrun.com/home/mud/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makibetuvujurizevebutave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spartapr.com/images/upload/file/80952951786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/39974843345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etyekilovarda.hu/userfiles/file/38618900512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5ef5a0b79---kibafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airin.lv/images/userfiles/file/73228464998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.akilciilacdernegi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basetopedomozesoviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132655c914b1---37697981000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/rivuzewigemugetaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/lanixewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipforiraq.com/userfiles/files/wurifamubededada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-junghan.com/userData/board/file/ruwajetajiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/32224637017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/kajilujavisepibife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/93933703658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45993321464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enricobarraco.com/files/wovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87f5aae4c8bc5845546e36c773cd2c7c/65977756026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/51167092638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/gisenumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hausdergesundheit.net/userfiles/files/19140525589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/88987122356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/rapoforuwosofalurudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/jituzomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=barron+essential+words+for+ielts+audioPDF 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_off0000c6a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000deb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEB8 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 815469ba713cd0daa0866af4638272e6125730d9fe6a442d65b3c37144f91d66
font_02_sfnt_off00010b76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B76 10588 bytes
SHA-256: cb81f10b34e93d8e51e06ea59e27a6dabd9766a10ac24b9c9b11726f47e1796c