Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5aa503eaeba4b9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-08-02 16:42:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 196351d0dd264ee25aa0eaaf626091dc SHA-1: 208c756374534a1a9705922f723dd4a1616dbb01 SHA-256: a5aa503eaeba4b9d1c9de36214bc018962388c6d116e472bdf280a2a39cf2c6e
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by 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 0.9924

Heuristics 6

  • 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://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90635227157.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202105/file/1621034069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16088717f31a12---vefitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608688997d059---mepekovodasotoboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098998426a78---ziwadowatoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pr320m3j31t1clbc3fclpqff26/nidudinezazofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97a278bc45---80403541026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/45137490653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f10049a4117---80342603552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hw-power.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/60ddc18d4a30e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df2e7ad082a---niripom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/wubepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730667651f7---mesanugojafezoxivevawul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3852282732f0668f6fbb391ffa38ef7/74762394551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/29080782673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/71498656231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e86b4d4516c---32350009867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/28505999418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/jiseravinakupidomivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/925e71229c0f74f619144e551507dcc3/bubijififowuwakofegavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/sopanibewakilewopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/st05h7fcielbl4acgnuohnfs15/28286482436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/442253bd112768ddcb64a59a5c489b80/mugavekiroxotifegaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de0f76d7324b741c6068e1c0f93e5f0a/72809577860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5206217c5d---nubone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unprotect+a+protected+excel+sheet+without+passwordPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE934 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 452dd6c061f559e6a5ba7c3cbfb649bf1302df92452faaaded33c3d5f8a9a25d
font_01_sfnt_off000117a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FB5 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_03_sfnt_off000145c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145C1 10888 bytes
SHA-256: e29c7fdbe920f200a9293c06b92efeb32f2c1ada146bc4d237e4f621d70af013