Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 193e171622af7c81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 17:24:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f603dce721cec0ed3ea048f03a190fb9 SHA-1: 0862dee8ed9368c9db6278c6c08feeb828754e05 SHA-256: 193e171622af7c81cce23aac118426518775f113d4544a48ffacecf9983e8fe4
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a browser extension installation lure. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The malformed stream length heuristic indicates an exploit attempt within the PDF structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+cast+mobile+to+chromecast PDF link annotation
    • http://stilna-ya.com/_userfiles/file/nuwakapurutujenuxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/fatijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/86663432160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137853cc816b---68553142407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/85896596403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szintai.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71152109666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsionline.net/userfiles/file/garodukokawevinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecostationery.com/files/file/49511664607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/65381065755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jagejowoviwuwabomexefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/fomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimobertoarchitetto.com/userfiles/files/tasorutijosegaziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pecintajp.com/contents/files/jowugazirigodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamakuralosgatos.com/uploads/files/67093883136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/98706166293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/195727531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22658258db1b548275f15bfe21a09682/nugatakuvufifibemuvedalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5180599461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/211a5d5d742540da7478101e6f64e1ba/71836451297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epponline.com/mentorfinancial/page_images/file/73927676363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoilhpnqbthanh.com/upload/file/2154302746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iviltra.lt/images/files/11565674147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pskbpnqk19vb8b4kbat18mje13/kowujewubawunifomepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/70363032378.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_off0000dcfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCFC 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 10f7e9f36c1bad76833ebb95b928b4b692781c1e3c2f59e073a9d32c3931d1d1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF544 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D56 17008 bytes
SHA-256: f51e67e12a6ef978f4fafdb83b985c332f2b8b10bb079d61a4e175ea79c58abd