Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd28bcb2f66ba96a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:35:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 820a7a8bb0605dcfb64463d90bc3be01 SHA-1: 72d0f5907af3952c221981e04c0e47d4fb38f12c SHA-256: bd28bcb2f66ba96af5a19a58eb2e2caf6e61df5077e6b5329fc042bf73a21fb9
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 0.9991

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 https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa13fdb6df6e0cfc0fc925e6b04127e/94047280550.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5cf1075c6---96228273430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salsainkonstanz.de/media/files/javutewovurixij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/xatebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d675b7d0ae5---13239258471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/duwozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecaadb4d5d3---bozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--b8qxb801j.tw/upload/files/52441014173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/42231557262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q51b80ia1fk7ngoovtq16qe74m/41544576106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiken-rc.com/upload/files/tegeniladebidolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/49351369359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orlickachata.cz/files/files/6923050831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f13d3520a98---65068169006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/gumupitusorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5f056f86d---88005767200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzzwchem.com/upload/files/pubagivetowibawudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxigazim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/pevujovekolojasosodozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/webibavewobosuraze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fd368f81afe89217920d3d25dd75453/29329381067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52595e7fcb50598ae2ff2bd869916266/87171937849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75209178524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=remove+protect+sheet+excelPDF 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_off0000dc65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC65 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 2a97bc86f059b2e243d04929d437f98134116db1ae48e58d5b7bdc617da0abbc
font_01_sfnt_off00010a21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A21 10492 bytes
SHA-256: b04f4ad8c0e35112bcf8c5fd9361495d5a4d498f88e9e989fe9683f7e334a2bd
font_02_sfnt_off00012212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12212 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1