Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8630cc687beed138…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 05:00:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1b8c964f09098a0ea882eb84d25427b3 SHA-1: d966b7d936dfbd901aa6622ea26fce6797c35dbe SHA-256: 8630cc687beed138b09e4b7e3f9548213d71ca2d78fd4ade65a9e03cbecb402e
244 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 and 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 0.9984

Heuristics 9

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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://debten.net/UserFiles/File/sazaxegizu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.vpn-solutions.com.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolatawabitudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/logisamiverena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00fc5307707477b0139b1076f1884c74/32455055166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/89696064753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75755812657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d249b74a9---radiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/98558521687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/984d8eb95aef9d594abded069729b795/wuwopujimexuvoruve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecreator.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/netozobasirovux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/zagozitibaxivamun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38e2b1abf7b852535f1fef7e41f0bb03/64134238646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/13842283192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e65eb92ea---20203243092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355154304bb---61277083686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlejia.com/uploadfile/files/20210905_014423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368ff081bb7---36290558855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixaydungcantho.com/canthomobile2/public/images/sanpham/files/pobolebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/99192203774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fddce337b7---43929830402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/xosupajobipobamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=efootball+pes+2020+for+ppssppPDF 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_off0000e5b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B9 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 74ce8f812da65622a1e062a8ec9d3aaddbef13d5e1fa6095c147cac3f5cf0fbc
font_01_sfnt_off0000fda7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA7 21708 bytes
SHA-256: 2b1c34e7fcb17090645b7c385e5d31eac976bee0bc8c70be1bf129c8b5d948c1
font_02_sfnt_off0001373a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1373A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1