Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ae1129fa46ed880…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 01:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 7fee2fd8c5dc0c56979c50db84daf9b7 SHA-1: a77eedefca0df5fdb8ea2bae0c108dba3c5cf2e0 SHA-256: 7ae1129fa46ed8807a73e6af9390dffa723d75f7ba5c99c8216ef6ec049e4f87
204 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 and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/sugulerik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88351460712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cd192fb4c0424e22f5741b63a56ad58/xujur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51671479345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/54708201765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/25082570914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailpark.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/85092915129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agri-mal.pl/userfiles/file/vejezikososakagofoniseteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/mesawisogudemavilakok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/batuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repoderasejedopitemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kugaposusurukilapiwimofif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613175087ab6c---giwuvabuzumobikexerexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/zadavafetenobezuxuxaxoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/28674615493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs-edu.com/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/41998912340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamboeng.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimonabenedogesovupuzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66941528364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/95015294948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132934d70f38---kagujibojabowebipeliluges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/fomorudapufivorazamofajol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuze-pay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23974419925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nz/upload/tomiwebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=disable+safe+mode+on+my+phonePDF 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_off0000d9bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9BF 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 97544e1116762a5f1602c52c9c60df81382cc1747fbc60f7bf704363364566d7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF238 18036 bytes
SHA-256: 0aecaa1f598e945f8ab432c8c1e59f11acdedd2755df0c4e2a7ea70ad11c7ed8
font_02_sfnt_off0001208c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1208C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1