Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9235a2c47080c080…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-13 23:44:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 75ccc2bf58b15057cf5387fddc6c69ad SHA-1: bae7836b603726f1a16cfc626c9bef285008fc7e SHA-256: 9235a2c47080c08040774c800a2bc593152a7c43d86148678ce87136f912fc4e
196 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://fultoys.com/userfiles/21714718619.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/wuxegodogolilebeniwokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/mukesuvitebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bliznacite.com/files/fupazebanolewuwulifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819fd4af6b4---bolodagusumaloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf71ad2784---fuxebibagukidawar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/116284c4366b95c9c03b7a52747580c7/22804549131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd6ca602c4---51630109854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/gekowalasabuvodojezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4892da29f7---tudofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e04df690666---22347486313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff66f8f2859---vimowonowatinafojef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/getizuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b137e5dc6---nuzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983ccbdc23e---gimutokelewapaduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/94480957206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/jupesesurarobofafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/93095646269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/rivufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2017.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodobofubafamuted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56235d537dcd1e1a0565e3cab65f7e6a/raviven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/49826856057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/jefojiwokogosewajozijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+verbos+irregulares+presente+de+indicativo+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0000e467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE467 19084 bytes
SHA-256: 40c7f89f6f53244e45e9c118636009321972d3afd3d638197829b1ffc824f4e4
font_01_sfnt_off000114eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114EB 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 62f51ea9180deddb0d1aecaddd04a5e9dd1bf9cb9629b0c6841708a844291efe
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1