Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f049b01ea5abdec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-06-05 03:07:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 5cb3d0e71ce0957a4d4d17a93b510bbd SHA-1: fbea7008ca1dcc0a1e98c828bcb6a0f663576e34 SHA-256: 5f049b01ea5abdec17171218db8ee0cc0104164b7ccb41462452fd4ab8e0386d
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+android.7z+file+download PDF link annotation
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c65f86066---kuzajetulexozopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victoriousintl.com/new/resource/files/dejivugusemevujizedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/21732124258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/lopiwemapora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6b4febf69---90495514157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b82505108---74558256334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/81927264189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92877f1308aff558eaac2b1639c4afdd/91518328957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768a7808178---xakali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848eacde32c---30640165205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlepes.hu/userfiles/file/ruxipawez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/95168248854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/71886655883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/fuwarapamujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file/%5C/2021052620044621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb78c0757a---baxigifuxurif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file/%5C/33727704080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/46011464278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000d65e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD65E 5132 bytes
SHA-256: dcc207a91926dc57258edcac3be7b432fea2054e8bf061d618d45cbfb9ac7d54
font_01_sfnt_off0000e818.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE818 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 05738f7de253cfce12eadf799da25b2b317c6f6634cb5d954170b4df08e3964b
font_02_sfnt_off00010c29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C29 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 2732c78df68b4531e26da51a256f0f9ab881cb8a96d1886ade34872d88eeece3