Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f64fb151dbab0dbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:24:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9da4e870fca9eb5d4ffa297a6dcfb08d SHA-1: cb9d13fc6bc7e3a1b4c2541c70aee42cf809e9d4 SHA-256: f64fb151dbab0dbf30b40eef3fd646a0623cbd873014d82a84d1837bb9f40b3f
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to deliver a payload. The presence of a 'password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates the document is likely part of a multi-stage attack designed to bypass security controls. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://epmachine.ru/d/files/vixizivikogoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/xinowevovuvuvulodiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouwbedrijfbouwheer.nl/userfiles/file/fimeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://styliststudios.com/imagesTE/file/86877677124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5971366deb7fa7c6bc111916f832a7c/4879622717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/buzozivalexufuzokatafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncunse.com/d/files/35770989103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srilakshmienterprises.net/uploads/68941370462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/95257751488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/tufukomexasizesizazive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tjpapigroup3.com/contents/files/79628117005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citysoupsbellevue.com/uploads/files/kunimowomaseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriagiganti.ro/imagini_ws/91643867190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagyonvedelemszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/libuxafinegofaxajasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307958c29a7---64163515315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlandpark.com/uploads/files/45599113125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlschuz.com/userfiles/files/zefitujew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54289984922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/90136706616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/23346770154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/xazukesufibiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocvietbungalow.com/upload/files/lirujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekidilektekstil.com/images_upload/files/26795929798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf6617c8ddfd3693597de4b141dfc054/10240119307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=download+gta+san+andreas+300mbPDF 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_off0000fd52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD52 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 4cd914869138bbe0eb52d2a41e0dcf82bac35f951e137d354fc79ec8237ba819
font_01_sfnt_off000116d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D6 16720 bytes
SHA-256: cf14d28eaa0921013db2f56d1fdb513d562e1c90906f5d7d0255fe7346d49968
font_02_sfnt_off00014287.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14287 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1