Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79f4643588f3b8ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-08-02 20:12:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 899b3cf4a6d3cc90ff69a6f265a47a8d SHA-1: 01f80644e9fc86e2735b06f4029e4d5b7b5fb7ac SHA-256: 79f4643588f3b8ab30692f482c0336314c30e102c6ea6fa437e77b30c57ad707
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 0.9986

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945f333464c---90016499561.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/21759737541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280232422905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datong-travel.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/20210728201548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km2ub3rfe03rvpunid1629rsrp/jamedazevadum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summithigh49.com/clients/3/33/3334069ac8a672cbece4a9536eb221cc/File/jufili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/sagasisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sivekuvunasug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b9ab04156---resubukuzuzizinimeporax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f984f0081d057fbd6d3379b2a4e7ca72/ravotedegox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j5gthtlukjens8i6k0dgrogur/22626556308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bivejopagewiwerumuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46e40c095a---kiratekumodisiziralutower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/47589033203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d231678c04---nafebagatuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36r8om3h4bt7oa7n713dfvglbo/67206772742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33689460582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82966495899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/sojekazasimazutenegeguzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67k5vi8n7nj2sde87ctpun4sov/45703796643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30d0bddbbd8244d2cde3a0027965b66e/suxeraze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/13608756204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/18424222572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829b6f28987---76490413003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+highly+compressed+200mb+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000f14b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF14B 11820 bytes
SHA-256: 17f8c0697155495ea50df5dad16691690f9224a25987797e0fd3723eedd3412a
font_01_sfnt_off00010d33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D33 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 536d0f0393fffa658d95cffc63aa42a12d12a7e376771da1f183b51d99cbbc0e
font_02_sfnt_off00013b43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1