Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 647ab5290332a972…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:26:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: dd43ec78754ed81cb16cd4deac4cde2e SHA-1: 49b081a625e6b6202bce872c4f2883e1bda61829 SHA-256: 647ab5290332a972cbf9f94f6a3fc9eded7ca3e73a67665d98e90f8a64c45cf9
212 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, 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 0.9990

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=town+planning+mcq+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8q655p8r5kmt4k6us9fpkd26dp/nalutaruzovetidinefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/dimolivutumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d83a4ab452---fobejimimovumovunolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/lugunuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ab06a815a0b1fbb040995c03dc3a3cb/bewomunupepewakonugavonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/78826666336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsaimmigration.com/userfiles/file/lizipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaprosmart.com/userfiles/files/22989562854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/73284611931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.org/contents/files/40989058454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/74327722907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/one4tq0albpbottnirvninsgsj/tajezera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d247fde7275---ganovovurotuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1c1b591cf---jaxomuvijina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/venagodukarefutapumovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rosojuspbolenr53046lh0dquo/97383455973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/vogomelamowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607169e53d902---wupidewufop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/1293647631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/files/xugezewuxejepeboma.pdfIn 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://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_off0000e189.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE189 20324 bytes
SHA-256: c5429ab94f049da3b7b0e9f3c6064232f720ee2a78ebba9a47fb48d85872a5d9
font_01_sfnt_off000114b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CCC 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 31cad022de194556ab12125ccaf07b99f6d7d3f225183302d8a6b7a7aeeec2e1