Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe4b3f843eb99994…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 11:44:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1a64fb08db2027ba4bdf893435116229 SHA-1: 82c27f768129247f31c67d983e208edccbe5fa5a SHA-256: fe4b3f843eb999943dbeb91a6294900d065214c0b69558d0314ff4dc85afc29d
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, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware delivery lure. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely contains instructions to decrypt a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. Numerous external URLs are present, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=year+5+maths+test+papers+pdf
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j0o46oe00djhmscs7smnso7vr0/robefedenolasapo.pdf
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/5219477699.pdf
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a96894f7f---88454375590.pdf
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/21070214204493926975md2x.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe190451dbda8ef3a33bacfc47c78f2/rolalovuwupilurig.pdf
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/jewogemiserunumaxa.pdf
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/129fb687dd7a2369c302afcba2b29636/4749364628.pdf
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/vewilozozinesupokofu.pdf
    • https://mingyi-lock.com/data/file/userfiles/files/92004359448.pdf
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e4lus6qnf66bsgsg7rmqup6q2/40327303169.pdf
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/65343071397.pdf
    • https://cs168.tw/upfiles/editor/files/89197476247.pdf
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/152068456660a11c6c1407e.pdf
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7156cd606f---rotekulisuju.pdf
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739d21a0688---mawujoladuxe.pdf
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80035490019.pdf
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/divogamogasasetutomomus.pdf
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/95464567542.pdf
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805e475c35d---baxuvubebaderevaxopuxo.pdf
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/tokujixopuzobed.pdf
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be27992cd87---lijekukenifinazukewewibu.pdf
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/kidizawo.pdf
    • 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_off0000b9d4.bin
d439840ea3822201f0d3750788aed0f1cf78f6b7a4ca8d81e78c5a18441df0c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9D4 10520 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1d7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9e9.bin
00a7c999f8a3f97186d57ce5f79c1978c16d3e5e6e57ffa8355efaf66821b4de
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E9 16116 bytes