Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd84d9caf8ffde26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-07-25 09:10:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 896150590af4ef356268b68caf8f14f5 SHA-1: fc141e4fc8606ca8ea13986e5e9b1178c1cff2b9 SHA-256: fd84d9caf8ffde26fa7858ce2d6d7191c2122dd078e6838471bd2f4ed7924f60
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely serving as a lure for users to download a password-protected archive. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, potentially involving a second-stage payload delivered via the password-protected archive.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9881

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://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/13450828076.pdf
    • https://bushregenerators.net/userfiles/files/xinefijidafotituki.pdf
    • http://gphs100.com/clients/e/e3/e3ed30f4e85b1ff1e74f61348c82e8eb/File/gazegudarewuwima.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf4792e5aa---16317687104.pdf
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/84241051293.pdf
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/bamutes.pdf
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/99264993857.pdf
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/molisitijipawu.pdf
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihcu2fhr77m1bncicnf0895pum/1773415239.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89a0c8859f8e85582f1ad6d1873ffcb/netafogosajogegatisajaxu.pdf
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/maluven.pdf
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68s9igii2oftfbejhnhhs9gkd2/13766840329.pdf
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/94023934194.pdf
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart//upload/file/55560655646.pdf
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eddc7252e4b2c7a576f0fbd4f4bd78ea/24063085776.pdf
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e92c80bc8c1---tugizaranafavuzopanerodu.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b941b8a819---mawedilupupanozewavexadix.pdf
    • http://pereplanirovkaoblast.ru/pict/file/95920216586.pdf
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/2835561569.pdf
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c66a0ffa6543afdd73177a60b45d7865/gotebaxusilemetuj.pdf
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d2f94f4ddcd25dcc944c9f0cac0aab/26491793567.pdf
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/vumuroxazavasof.pdf
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/xigap.pdf
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xabafegexukevurisix.pdf
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928a04ce0e3---livotizikivoxomam.pdf
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/bikogevipabo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+un+document+word+en+pdf+en+ligne+et+gratuitement
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011f99.bin
66c7855198c650e1b1a854d49377fc90c13d39540b4c117061b8a44e0cfe64ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F99 18716 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014e99.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E99 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000166b0.bin
296bb0789938e912e60abe35e0da1049619675b8f57921e7a4516253e0b89948
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166B0 11080 bytes