Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1920bdcd2f8d891d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-09-21 01:09:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a0bdcf4a47617ea58e58097435f104b1 SHA-1: 59ac4fb5f6f0f6d007e682b36c917d5c1b7e92d7 SHA-256: 1920bdcd2f8d891d4389d9f6e397532a866e1a1af3684c80e5de1603972b718d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document uses a 'browser extension/update installation lure' and a 'download button' to socially engineer the user. The embedded URLs point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a distribution mechanism for further payloads or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+discovery+of+witches+season+2+putlocker PDF link annotation
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/50772780175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/92574018378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubalfa.org/img/userfiles/file/3417437206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiquital.com/documentos/file/xugesosokarurujegulugudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdekdyjak.cz/data/tilejivix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210903012812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sadhankendra.org/erc/media/4856544547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suriyedostlukdernegi.org/image/files/sinutevofujutupofog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/96536521984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upljt85c29332560h0l779572q/nitubojodanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/92021682283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubbelgickychobrov.sk/editor_uploads/files/78611290214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectagsafety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6009959227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4e4337fc94d92a5e43e24ee46c180a/48092304233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc8987a3e6e73546a57b16b4ab571a6e/17236582806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353e9b4c25b---43094906820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/61937360857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c4e042275---22565070446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0532.com/userfiles/file/20210908060929_kxunkm.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb14b5a8ee---79759249374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aptitudeclass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70637495162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.slappedtogether.com/editoruploadfiles/file/57489028725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erainbowrealty.com/userfiles/file/sekenabimekasakivutidowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwcasino.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibevibekaxodafujukanire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradegateindia.com/userfiles/file/wulapinonokegizaliwemunid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spiregene.com/image/files/20210920_150322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisiana-arts.org.s150269.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/zukobajagawefigubuj.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_off0000f5d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D0 18744 bytes
SHA-256: 5f2c34804d9be7db728a1a37184f7071cd7446c4833f275cf1c3b8abd13efb0f
font_01_sfnt_off000126cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ee6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EE6 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 0ca56eaa9a706355856364b3400da36bbcdcefdfe984d5414baaba10360fe8a9