Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef6e7cbfde9cb285…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-05 09:07:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 9e5b78372fbd244cc525ceb56b534799 SHA-1: 683c8e60e81351ea4b2015216fb4d3558f19837d SHA-256: ef6e7cbfde9cb2851b268dbf5a0f9b6c78c30c8f3b4b51eee63f61a963aec14b
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 0.9973

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 http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/vuxul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/pokama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11658099194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/4751458486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dccecb5a196---50218823309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4485f3a42---70835615987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aad67d2779fbf58bd3af7bfdc3f58687/7229093074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/97601936588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limblength-sldf.com/userfiles/file/35242881728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13209826346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dtechgroup.com/uploads/image/files/12711075171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18372bfa4c706e3adce7f43ad2bda91a/gotubolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamslakeband.org/userfiles/file/81568817437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e83f3b56acf06a6a2555b3d910ac5f2/56536176089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090031dc471a---jalov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f23d3fe57---xemuxebopado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/85964529547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pk2c9qic8ob1vee6cavkrdk9qb/tibigabimotorowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8rne3jtsu33n6une8qidkn4fi/62331109564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a85142d2e---sotowopisudosipam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/75128240986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6472bbca4794ea49d4bbb0dc12b0490/49483418871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/73728401430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=download+pes+jogress+v4+2020+ppsspp+isoPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81239013559.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_off0000f030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF030 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 20c70f0c47d117ddb2c543b0ebf8bcf4031f627f7377acd573a99e3c0ff4a35c
font_01_sfnt_off000109f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001220a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220A 17552 bytes
SHA-256: f31292af73e8c307c1fe819039f9979731a9eb85976ea5b5299680b1f989e8bb