Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a01caac8d48367a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-06-17 14:58:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: d2ee5e4fe76080fd4556762cd6f2ef24 SHA-1: 2897e5049733714d01dfa47e0ec6534450af06ab SHA-256: a01caac8d48367a41dc542e68f363ff685a84dcdd8e6e8297a0523ccb88e8b15
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses 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 0.9994

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
  • 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://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sr6i2qromak3vmae7r23io8mqs/17067076222.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725ac61d550---sosarawagekukogosifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa006d5ab18ca599a425b48bcba9c72/fojezululota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d83403125---lisupunotene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4v0pcju2vi5n0ph94ce4sbdn1/99234495214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c998e442a84---39694268403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f5dbc4138---verepitidepinidurikibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/gigizixajigisuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdd7de5275---bokewumovewateme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/86953832495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ledafimoxetunemewazunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ec440ba23---44227008464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tebsc.com/clients/84181/File/30646588526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c932e9d217---71152330327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adec3697834ffc684fe31666a9ce1c71/7003253336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887887ed423---918168706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opentle.orgIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=activate+microsoft+office+2016+kmspicoPDF 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
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010e3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3C 5720 bytes
SHA-256: 1ca54cadb4eb394635dbf7aaf0cbebfc324c5f16ce01c9ea9f22a85ef629c534
font_01_sfnt_off000121a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121A9 2920 bytes
SHA-256: 3069734306713fb571547b0df9d9cd4f466268bc9480f33e48512b6d554c3b6f
font_02_sfnt_off00012d9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D9B 6048 bytes
SHA-256: 09448d43342088a340bd5d8a95f3a547072e875e6fb99100f8245707261a80e0
font_03_sfnt_off00013d48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D48 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 86f8ac3a2003f3f71355828b3bb315a110c3c0b567a936410f25f258e6b875d6
font_04_sfnt_off00016352.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16352 16824 bytes
SHA-256: f240745d4764b5df6f4dc02ad580a524ea433889a9a443843a9504b3a45c32bf