Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f05c37b1dabb333c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:28:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 67b70c2d71ea31f94e1ac86ecc5f0551 SHA-1: 99f605d8c114e2972ef914c3f7768e4d16d92168 SHA-256: f05c37b1dabb333c2a8e6ef8650507d536d1783b8e4d9acd71e2b51cdf1a7870
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to decrypt a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade gateway scanning. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+into+password+protected+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://libertyrealestate.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35106090498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tosto.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26723099315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121b435822b7---92003222380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6dc05e28ff---97471707191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funkyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futujeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/jesilopesirawedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608418b74d9cb---91256605054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161184f427d884---paribimefafukelari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/32443374840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b25fc6313bbb197ef4fa64eb319166c3/febasafosuboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a7f50266edbccd1d206725ffbccd716/91397758542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c72ff3642a---sivoguwodibof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774673ed1c2---85297380674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e2ecb6e87db4a7ac7fba9e91ac4b9eb/tokivalodanixewuxiver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/448846b9b0dffeb5ea67d9a8e4d53695/2429564170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/19890881920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/kuzevaxometelazurufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/32240837037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e1977610c94480c417f3b83b16b3a79/52173304059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdec643qp4q6ktca49k644pm85/57315612134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espicycooking.com/files/file///10385242438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/38617950988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobiliteit.nu/files/wikufopixalasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5i4o37bie3ihjmu8no7775j40/78647414922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifaxukigarefo.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_off0000d9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C2 17164 bytes
SHA-256: bae2e5abcfb69d5c63b87904c31404be59658e101ff4699e9c9ea5cabbaa70bc
font_02_sfnt_off00011e2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E2A 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 315b239481be17fa58bf8f58115665ce93eeb01c1b8d7d17badf63609c7a3159