Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79bee8b85470b766…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:48:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7da582a6a503329842ece20d7b322d3b SHA-1: 8cec8131a85da25d559a6e120d7431fadd39b4cc SHA-256: 79bee8b85470b766ea1ca17685dd77d07f85ef64fbece750a4ccc72da4e1fa42
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a fake browser/software-install 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 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0601/104c985a089995cd0c0864b90d65768e.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://camara.acessoainformacao.org/uploads/ckfinder/files/99538584426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/13753206357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soleilboo.com/images/uploads/files/sepubafufusupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdd3e327355---35969782541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/pukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mrah0l1h5ptdge7sen5l6c7kv2/65386092607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/vekuriwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-foundry.net/d/files/86597317026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/77586262477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17446512266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/62878893270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7rmgulrk0a3cerq8sa0k0mal0/tagudawoxexonapopab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/204b74fcb2fd218e4862a3d32a1794c0/63836732616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83817803314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc8d799e2c33185afd4dfff49d7ece5a/famaluvidazasapene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c714958f7d6---rizugunifuginidulume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/juxesasigeseton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/1832643818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervin.ru/files/file/sotujofemigirafupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36aa66e0cef337d6e873b2866ab4507c/pixaxupigaronewoxotutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bfa209559---xonevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c303b7b9965---62699488509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/92165060351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123425d86d6b---60860749159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091656c991b5---napuxategenafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=qfinder+pro+manualPDF 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_off0000ed89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED89 10552 bytes
SHA-256: afb8058798fdaee9c335374e6ee71cff1cf8b85a9d83fa64220267bb111c7ea1
font_01_sfnt_off0001057b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1057B 18184 bytes
SHA-256: fefb0a55eeb44da846c5fdf6558e5e8d3a7fb5ccb7e3c9976b81674e7bf1f0c7
font_02_sfnt_off000134ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1