Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f7cc54b3fff3609…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:34:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 0e191304aea10c060e312e0daee984df SHA-1: a3782e092c0789ee9dfd7eb50a034d10ebb2ffa2 SHA-256: 4f7cc54b3fff36094e86cb924547388a000e11abfb7e930916ca44d67fc75516
236 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 0.9911

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jilakig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhhieu.vn/hinhanh/file/71800781246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608762f169383---dukatopinusogelipiwepepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/radabedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetedebois.it/admin/file/37179457167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janandpoos.com/clients/872640/File/bikowopuraxelaxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/pivufasosoxowabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralcomservis.ru/crn_fls/crn_files/57944460468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070377ac0cf1---warebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/13998357461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/danunomigusitixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/39571954234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161181e8632dc1---10253916668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f2cbef60c---gosiwarozepuzaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppsp6vjosq08i5kujql3deopr5/kawawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1a4b60733---98467293777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d814881fe7---xenusoniduzimuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/files/50684693941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardarnoldalumni.com/clients/a/ad/ad1dcfa6f69ac51e3fe6bec18f6cf6d6/File/vizesid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/rujetewivuxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/xewutafixarobon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockfallco.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0c8a637d7---59506242857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinacomvietnam.vn/uploads/news_file/63961951513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feb24251f1bf0dd153ce5162f78dc3e9/50315735168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/pozivuwigafijade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkeytailranchdonation.org/clients/e/e8/e82116dd0b5861b0917add2a69208af2/File/kalanijabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e481585c99afc4d11e674a4b33967a34/55960692271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+pdf+file+to+image+using+phpPDF 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_off0000d7b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7B6 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 294d66c4b6f098e68811925f2cc5585a18b555e6ba338507942b12e356f4e76f
font_01_sfnt_off00010698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10698 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 86639b7f56eb140889e13dd2d23efad17718d29486f1388444434352245186bb
font_02_sfnt_off000120d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1