Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7da1cf4dbf2b277…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:13:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: b3aca8275162d87744ab724170cb9843 SHA-1: a6a697681932a5412920c373359ad6f0e4c39495 SHA-256: a7da1cf4dbf2b2773bb5dbc4fd65388dfff04170a72afaf9320d63e0e07622cb
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 0.9976

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://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac9519a28d---padanazaben.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/59893139137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11k8fva3vvh0rcf7ks3jgu072p/29475908928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/6173515601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/xowudewakiputokumiwitozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ec70e2062---pododurelojigugaxelupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092982d215c8---75034177059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linoxividudejotefir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ccf924f9fc625a7fa358980f834ce73/4379161366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqg1t3u82dhpih3se9pno0ea1f/4632790324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/sededakelitumoduxuwobega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770d563cac8---12048114574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/74962279617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/gowibarobamanekuxuvozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/fetemogorude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciturystyczne.eu/files/file/rololusesiwewirudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guijek.com/userfiles/file/44764428780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7e7e74f8c---82017521301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://navliecky.net/userfiles/file/losamarefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camelliafb.com/uploads//files/202108082242056403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f70bf9321f---32730290261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/gesufivelatumotibafuvajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/liworusejixolosabisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotolia.com&#39In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=pbr300x4+installation+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://www.fotolia.comIn 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_off0000c8c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8C1 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 922ef77fd978a45b00e85ec8e8afed408fe9ba9aaa493ecb4f838bc6c30a92f2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D6 16904 bytes
SHA-256: 91d4b5635f0eaf9d189f4675b093a3b87b9cbc41ef6f30e4a21072eecea52525
font_02_sfnt_off00010dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1