Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 079659b32889b1a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-27 10:25:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2b5751a42a36dd3573d4e6aae987c176 SHA-1: a123c4c706a85085bb624bc28273a90eba899467 SHA-256: 079659b32889b1a08ddd040f7556b656ffdcef33b1c2b433dc687b23373a09d3
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image-based screenshot designed to trick users into clicking embedded links, which point to various external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The primary lure URL is https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=office+365+professional+plus+2016+product+key, suggesting a potential credential harvesting or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=office+365+professional+plus+2016+product+key PDF link annotation
    • http://truhlarstvi-strakonice.cz/files/file/gageretofoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/risisolebuzorininefufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balalajka.nu/media/mabasoxoxevaxebiwelovifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballarioarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/jowaxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hightopeducation.com/cms_uploaded/file/9483965812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613852d954b1e---fofupuvaxemurovusavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/99267279045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitakhealing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sirunewexovulopazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/4723247116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaxifirobexujuvug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temdientu.vn/images/ckeditor/files/togifaxikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensmam.com/userfiles/file/29703175628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613514048ec86---34692233351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/11889727386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkkck.com/uploadfile/file/20210908032254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.com/editor_up/debatibokamamexuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/2021926626185826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/4972628335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.como-grup.ro/fisiere/file/19452683214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/92555287721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/nejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zangerlelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gukaruvufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saint-florentin.charcutier-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1518405648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.muki001.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nitedigoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/098aac770b5f9338dd86d754397ee5b2/28192298674.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_off0000b0e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8F9 11712 bytes
SHA-256: faa8fdf008916c9b6832e9c2d9f6d1f243dd5ad2573daff6afb4fd085dabe79c
font_02_sfnt_off0000e52a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52A 14340 bytes
SHA-256: 27a0b263e2ebf031b3cba0bdd71376781c353e13c9772053ec799f497ef92593