Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bf5f0ca71f0d43b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-07-29 10:54:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 88ae8163ae4172e1763011068c227f81 SHA-1: 1ed65b403160a90592b8dca78ec686d8d1689a56 SHA-256: 9bf5f0ca71f0d43b86f584afa424a2ea09e0c9125246d9ff38dc52d14d898ca2
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 0.9965

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+sanitary+inspection+report PDF link annotation
    • http://konemara.hu/userfiles/file/tilidugejixiwafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161004cb41c570---62734639897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundreaming.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/998258e22585f7412a265eaaec62d3b3/85432268903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/52477701263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607891018eedf---xarozil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/xutasutatebowerawuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vako.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/42995636300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/lujimupamoteruzuzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdfac8b0883---kajosepetekoneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdwatch.net/upload/files/2021070808441796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89c120e940---11940989069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6bcabfcc8---66798449067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/luvijojetomunaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05d4a284ee---39355609289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pifuligakefepigetaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabic.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34700629911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a14b21717---11269885125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab70333b784---nafunewivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanxuantravel.com/upload/files/vejatapotogixeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/92017575641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/jabobonilimumifazatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a9a65af18---mezuzujaromujomimediwepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701c69dcb43---78642356191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011c54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C54 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 154fac35b0ca01e17b962b92903911c9ad6f0fa04becf9d9022fd0d68143036d
font_01_sfnt_off00013474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13474 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 633c700b4aedb459ac60db1849ead064b77a836cfe5d8f0923534155b81653d8
font_02_sfnt_off000161c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1