Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0972b4bf413af4f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-10-01 03:56:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ec2e537491a039d7ea32d5c45ec39f2b SHA-1: e9e26220495afd6469ccb40b327d21d515366b1f SHA-256: 0972b4bf413af4f927c994cf07aec90c7ddeac459095caf5069aea45f51c0554
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be a screenshot, further supporting the lure tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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 70 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unlock+all+features+and+data PDF link annotation
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161389020cda34---69993367094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonford3s.com/uploads/2021-09-18/images/files/fegofaguzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b61e3e223f---gatifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassick.com/userfiles/file/bijemaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autovoda.ru/upload/files/wadexukorokenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbulkbags.ahmadpackages.com/survey/userfiles/files/59879911921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/83517454126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n984msoj9l6c1t43904kudivu3/629026483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highfieldhousehotel.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/19709618503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihappywash.com/uploads/files/202109150446511150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/85523134141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enilubricant.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/deralalirabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/96850276479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46007528311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compagniaviaggi.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/xamazaxupijofekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4642389844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210907_102357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54842412395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tallerescarrion.com/uploads/file/lugajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/28498022275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manage3.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/4360146895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/buzonadesexezenakowebuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/913dea81f7c3fa956cc40193d7eb1fe7/xoloviworitirenomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/kegonitixulesagekazazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/nivexuxepovamumarolafigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/fidolasowogoxewuponuvene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/tiwugenod.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_off0000b607.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB607 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE1E 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 902f5e730c897426e1a984194c6ecfaf99b64b97eee429fefb922c4f5359ee78
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B3 14188 bytes
SHA-256: 872f8846d623c9e3f86890826e16f194b406a81247de9b29945aac0080214da1