Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1190851b5e016545…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-23 02:32:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5a82eae755b3fadc7f019bee55b57ad1 SHA-1: 26944d40ef2cf50daa30de0ba60b1c68d4ccf950 SHA-256: 1190851b5e016545970950091b70a4f4238682c0f90c830f7048e9f74427ea47
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDFs hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The 'ClickFix' heuristic suggests the document actively tries to trick the user into executing commands or downloading further content, likely to deliver a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://kenkochaya.com/user_data/ckfinder/files/66722863269.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/xasexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nodebedamuvovotadunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ad6eff5f961d7886b1f7b99f6ad756d/pugiwoxolarumapanejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/bavujifojitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2b3la571ga-70p.com/contents/files/87376854165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-m.com/userfiles/file/79790713809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bewupevanimalipudefebago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents/files/wizixekafuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/gawojisunifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ing-ka.com/user_img/file/13224384818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/setoxunekegalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxplus.in/images/contentimages/files/pugipaparezalodoxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/639f7f7f4e638668b7765470a77d8da6/84713380037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/54540883293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/73598372905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhivietuc.webthoidai.com/img-vietuc/files/3221343039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrgmedia.hu/files/file/molopiginefuvudokime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147c04e8c9ed---1756496423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachtmanufactory.com/res/wysiwyg/file/mubanirudapipowijapegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/sifinijetanupedunote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czerwoneiczarne.pl/files/file/51193218195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161462c7a0466a---bewamopakezigilono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichitravel.com/uploads/news_file/59416151120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/mupijikiluzazalerir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=logitech+webcam+driver+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e2be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD5 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 16369dfc75e085f5d05a2056c8be044a01b56f99484c16fcfa2250c0507ebe80
font_02_sfnt_off000113e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E8 18760 bytes
SHA-256: d645bab519648fa70c394b2d4f48dbd63365114b25e0a2c5ad00fbda979cf56b