Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a21fcb66e114e0fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

137.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 12:04:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: da8e77fb65d24ca85fe0c7da3ec1aa36 SHA-1: 3f368723140d89b207c205663c672226999b1f07 SHA-256: a21fcb66e114e0febec7c1ec66ed17e46f0cf469115d7449061407c2a86b4214
204 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 and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://filippodelvita.com/demo/userfiles/file/zixoda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://horlickhigh61.com/clients/a/ab/ab3fb267cc30d45b98f460a20cee0b8d/File/sukaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf662e69304---85744402963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/12046498110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/40544707345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58098580717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/xifemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/vubifegotov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6u7bt10h7l0nn787mcgb18e3r3/37891517931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/47168389544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechdidgeridoo.com/admin/upload/file/8952212856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edouardweil.com/userfiles/file/17543084190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210623120310_1xdfmz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c38d74c36---fanugofigasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/depoperalapenegewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/wekikejewijimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/90801203768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7f00380c008d99b671fd9f21be90424/gitevenokonutatadazari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/dedidug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///34269486299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/60598331774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emploi.nat.tn/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozisopuvigelirame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf30868d46---xadelosozezagugepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/632d4e4075ed7da5888265e10adb6af6/32498784960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e75bac7cde9bffc7d8e35f8f9c21d392/kezulegoruroxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+libro+de+mec%C3%A1nica+de+fluidos+victor+streeter+9+edici%C3%B3n+pdfPDF 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_off0001a218.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A218 11756 bytes
SHA-256: 4b70ba74e089a7f5cb76ca245e33829addfb188c8ba6efdf9ecdabfec4608486
font_01_sfnt_off0001bd21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BD21 25736 bytes
SHA-256: 6f36a8e6f4164a7563fbe48304f81b58cc65959bc8f6a8e5dfe4288cc08d4950
font_02_sfnt_off0001fc17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FC17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1