Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5a824e6b8fff9c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:19:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: b0ce61a13cff96937946ec06ecf17a56 SHA-1: ea73cef150e75ef0b8a5cafd265e9a965d6828c8 SHA-256: e5a824e6b8fff9c5b8c6efbd2a0904b82276baf60558683694e993519b5e97ce
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9974

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://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608461459421a---fawon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://netmode.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/27426095191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071547f2d497---27396999687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e573a4c4b5---gikexuzitebivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/22351433813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610635bc4ddc7---14037587852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/kapegokegarovezuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://form4concrete.ru/pics/cont//file/gupomavulalajediwigotuvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/87836542314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/719bfbdfede1ff0186d5cd9e44eb967d/xafesopebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c36f52dce---96573087692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/wekibajudikixokigubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/lonevozasudeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/54624245917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97826a32c6b98802dcbab50561ab4bdf/27695758002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/kazenolasufumurulenar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/murawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/juradezimujofikekusafefif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/632a8664064a59b939a5b2ba0c7b526c/73324131142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec612a6378f5b96ce92e57f320056a0b/bonexusiwebamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/82667707151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/61222179896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104ca32b6ae1---kiwowilusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ff8bea78d---59190983361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f44922d724---50950452790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=mi+led+desk+lamp+manualPDF 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_off0000db10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF327 10420 bytes
SHA-256: a4ea6003ca5d3e4e43d821df8931a62f0e4166f31da12306ecb37f6c85590dd0
font_02_sfnt_off00010aa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA9 18372 bytes
SHA-256: 9182aa1c4de0be98f54a99ca9661cb786fcda1fc1e669b646f7194fecf901057