Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77804305082568a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:12:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: eaf2f318bb443f72594cc394b233443d SHA-1: ac30838a291e332f418ea84e02634adecec28fc0 SHA-256: 77804305082568a0f87dc39550899bc53bd3dd22fc07bbbe4b082ce4b946dfbe
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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.
  • 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://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef1de78c6a2a3ac0434ebe28fe8116b/ruwedotabisixuliritadeguk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/98055075068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/35323297605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878993c6f4a---vedorazaxoriginegime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ikjmr5u32e391b8461l52hd2dq/11011734206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/56194308103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87664541070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/junodigadamesujelofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814cd01eccf---fosezoxawenodasovun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servingltda.com/userfiles/file/24796194270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21d041cd7d553952b44eea9b1a39a857/besidolopojetozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/xusikukevovibawizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6b19ca3e---18332092814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jelalanikunexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6843ecba29---dababufimarowobemudonuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/sifeteteguzagowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608550d585e52---24804639548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/36892122453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prefinancovaniehypoteky.sk/res/file/tafejoletazubomomemekor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/4049567241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdale66ersreunion.com/clients/c/c6/c679c52642bc64dd8629b98fb95ccc77/File/16800342959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762427cea2e---renibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadcasthub.com/ci/userfiles/files/woxisufujosatujigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608089f785f30---15917224103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+remove+password+from+pdf+in+adobe+acrobat+proPDF link annotation
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/49646410673.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_off0000df57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF57 18220 bytes
SHA-256: be424431311e23216952ed4354722b30a6db12cc4e2441396f13abcea74b55ef
font_01_sfnt_off00010de8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125FF 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 84eed5b85e5b359af922012f14524122045a1436aff4c9d166e37ffbcc7e396a