Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8823e22e408cdfea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-06-18 05:29:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 414795185bb9c73c2c2928a70881d31d SHA-1: 51cb262c61d00db26e503c632c49a0a1b093c753 SHA-256: 8823e22e408cdfeabe1a2ec82fb3538762cf59aab32f8fb68c5295b8a5db4337
284 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript 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 clipboard-command (paste-and-run) lure, a password-protected-archive lure and a security-bypass 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 0.9998

Heuristics 10

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99185e9676276be829dd01394113ac80/61673498263.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bd8230275---16072960058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609277b7205df---90070145213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a45469148a---74139357094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/duxejuwegumonuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082956873fb9---tunubexinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/votikufuzebawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/49013891298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3835a365898b132b46f7f92586c8e676/39407634717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scsi.coop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4323e82a32523fb7d2f3dff624b8d7a/2807078369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/nuvitofapefefafebekakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b817f8ec770---90442980423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e13450915dae3a3f1138efda0f7545a/tuwopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57d2abe3edd5f291b307849964314b79/1521564760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a60c851d8---11529124671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/muwoxezewiranati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafenicealcamo.it/userfiles/files/19184801269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1622349764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=kms+activator+download+filehippoPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dce5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCE5 5516 bytes
SHA-256: 19c0b2465203d96d92307c4522dd4f5b51d62d9c3dfa69d365a9dcf5c4b13e57
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF99 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 7f60bf69f1be3b45928f505821654080d97632613395eaa04d45c538f18cef4d