Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b641b2442b9acc9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:30:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a798539ace23a8e3b0e810ad5ab5dac0 SHA-1: de2fc886740a37926dba4489d3a8e6e1ca2e0a1f SHA-256: b641b2442b9acc9f27924b61dcfaa2a9161496902c85aa54cdd1db594823e881
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a password-protected-archive lure and a remote-support 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 0.9846

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
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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 http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/11570732216.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/36813559929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0590a1c75---sunupepomijazoxopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824d3845054---59023508660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///balukopikumowijekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c24ulrcfktgie06hff58jl9v85/42833533568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profesa.net/userFilesfile/37864241157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-songshi.com/admin/upimg/file///bumotupovunaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b2be590daf---67082291740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/1286882840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsmpublicschool.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/xoregidopopakokefezoruxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/11934673084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/21555912447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/fatazafudajuxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j-kowalewski.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/12335524634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210514102231_ai59c0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/wubosatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iafpjs1fvlhn1t106b2u4ie8r3/68788059406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delshadian.com/public/userfiles/file/muvemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3350c10687---baguni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777e7fedd25---70308665688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/80835056264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/31751220444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111645030f15---38848943434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/550c423bef075481beb6e2a1325af914/37546184757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711835d234d---26880838646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=associer+pdf+en+unPDF 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_off0000d57a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD57A 10388 bytes
SHA-256: e16033b0967d51ad3f8c261d39819680bb16571447e5627b945b7e3c92f909c9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED18 17888 bytes
SHA-256: 20440ece7d4bdaa718d8d6031b077a2fe02300218fda8172e49214667865cff5
font_02_sfnt_off00011a25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1