Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a3a7bb151e9ff4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-11 16:25:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 33d26b0632d10ba1111cf0904767ae9c SHA-1: 9da0305b9fa92e11ccd98605a5877d8d19809124 SHA-256: 3a3a7bb151e9ff4f0441ae0317d41fda6c5fb77f85bc27d5943f3e4da60c7589
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a password-protected-archive lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b687120635---96311094093.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/fufekope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088efda5c103---xagafibopekupiwirisig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/wawefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d01226a88c---lerofufalutowevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df30ef757289e0ddc89e9ea2a1f71a87/junoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkmeiqi.com/admin/ckfinder/upfile/files/59343082837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793980e6daf---buzusaxisesejotaxikozepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jr1iqkjqciharfdft6mch3203d/5243995075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/dowoduwokubariwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e10192f830---38517266953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio-obst-und-gemuese.de/userfiles/file/papatojajaxajugavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/tubobetejekosudigopumobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/wogudoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113c2366102d---dodoginabide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a873ba2133c70ddcee24d9b2f5cbc2c3/gekejigori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhs1965.com/clients/6/6b/6bdd8f708684a1f547efbf97e1630fe5/File/52479844118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basirox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd8fe947e3a7a2ab8dae4634617ac96/vegopivewimuwuvaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/ranomojamebuvilimol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/nenusopetosurazuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607317ef6ec45---lololomusodeganuxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608703cf48e95---23017987345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=bancolombia+sucursal+virtual+personas+crear+usuarioPDF 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_off0000f847.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF847 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 349bfb1c9b78cf74cd23662d0d8812a5bd82f02aae22c3b14c3a3cb406c1988a
font_01_sfnt_off000125b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B9 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 38476b2420fdaa581f6af91ea269cd6e3cdc7c5a51714bee4edb2df048511211
font_02_sfnt_off00013ec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1