Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4d3ed521f356934…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 20:07:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 307ced15ad7f5948711734709cef76e8 SHA-1: b9d5a6445eb5298fc069ac5bf26f451511b4518f SHA-256: c4d3ed521f3569342a40ab52a6057cb1a2352d86e9e8596f562f23820667588b
212 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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=es+file+explorer+apk+for+android+tv PDF link annotation
    • http://fishngrill.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/47906639412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/25742653825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/pelarotazimifageteloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavaszitura.eu/userfiles/files/37419938733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_21AE0527A58AD485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vapuvudefudig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/lesedodotabofepowetizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szamitogep-szerviz-javitas.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27116440631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134268630758---kosamudedizoriwirolimure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612faae1cd60c---60998440436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/tamujuwezapiver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-tms.com/uploadpic/xw/files/pinuzulobujewixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344ec29e970---fikujifejato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/lozagasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ap-arte.ro/fckupload/file/laronudedudutuborip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/73972282388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maymaygiaydachidang.com/upload/files/sefezaxewerotilutaxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/39400462646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/sosojuzafoveko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxmx.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109041244421472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munis-roquesalbes.cat/demo/vilalba/imatges/file/wubafami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dasixesoxoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fibertechnique.com/tmp/file/luwojowav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/79010426896.pdfIn 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_off0000de6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6B 18704 bytes
SHA-256: eabfc70eedfec2f8f9167fada671e9bdc7c136010ef9359207434d8b58ab3977
font_01_sfnt_off00010f19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12730 10736 bytes
SHA-256: af4545db4da8966af06de8dc077b9bef427387ca88c229961719e7f42b02fbf0