Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 641b5d405fe2f79f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:05:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: bbd370f86f9a6089734c61343cc791b6 SHA-1: c1745b8f86258cae97a8bd4afc6414fd754b11c8 SHA-256: 641b5d405fe2f79f020e730fb6c4d7945a8cabb56c37224c760e4254668a4da0
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate it functions as a lure for browser extension/update installation and also contains a link farm pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads. The presence of these lures suggests an attempt to trick the user into downloading and executing further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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
  • 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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410fa09a9c5---50801767209.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwufezonop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olivetheater.com/userData/board/file/44870303539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomando.bomsolar.com/uploadfiles/files/83237536570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuguchair.com/upfolder/e/files/20210908053433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fu23goeh3canpb3t4fh46pftv6/61038633936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pengyou-english.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_F9D10BB61E777FF8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/maxakalonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.extramas.com/userfiles/files/nikumimixobasosiluloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331af797318---volenibikodazuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d94940568d75227eb1df80bac8b400a7/simotolonodovis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366f3cb285f---97205050169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f0bdf090e5---sikisifasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesgo.de/userfiles/file/solibibigisupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24horasnoar.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50126492172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonkmp.nl/img/cms/file/fujasunonavakidodup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demkapi.com/resimler/files/wosurebenugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmaclima.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/57025504257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/78152239891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valenciamaids.com/userfiles/files/22361136499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31cf5e5fc066ca6eaa5f637adb1f86a2/36147158545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333aca1c05a---62557034676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=download+apk+to+sd+cardPDF 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_off0000d9f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F4 17888 bytes
SHA-256: 878ec3fcfac176e84a6826c0eaeafe1bbc8b5eae639d3d42a5b549a8fa005fab
font_01_sfnt_off00010804.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10804 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 3f0262dfd7c64177ae8a2876d4f32400e5e3e80d584f5d420ba1f34546145b2e
font_02_sfnt_off00011ffb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1