Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a17b6d0c391ab22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 05:16:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e2af2be2590068b8f349d1c0316d0fe4 SHA-1: 609e6fe95f6b2b12e6bf28384112d41cff94a97d SHA-256: 1a17b6d0c391ab22fb2e2e93adef2f35d0c464d8f95d1756418e59c010276c46
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The document employs a social engineering lure, instructing the user to install a browser extension or update to view content, which is a common tactic for malware delivery. It also contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious payloads or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210525034744125.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ccsup.co.th/uploads/ckfinder/files/gemesujojilukaxofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c344825ba---14338008555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educationexplosion.com/clients/a/aa/aae59ec6301d25964842a0067e0ae100/File/nedisitop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/90915062292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/60586157130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/83504716093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818e8eb2828---vafepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/22928949295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/84695059747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5701ec7efe---55903841196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bong-dem-long.org/upload/editor/files/15490495719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be823db4894963148368971439fdfc9b/xuvimagavekekidomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc078d3ae9335ac70c6cf9b4347f914f/puvufirineso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/pepafitekodibodati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb740bb3129---denuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/pulabisuzotojudefenaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d76dd44221---95980364375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/gidumegazolejorosisavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/11623104653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11986f2853---52269926806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ee0aee0c6ec451600e8446fd6ac9ff6/lupezutimefixofonomavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba5e10cbf2---mirurifafarigade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+an+apk+on+pcPDF 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_off0000f662.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF662 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 8a69cf77d01a9408c7ed934a54033c86232b4f4b1c850caa1174543302613880
font_01_sfnt_off00010e28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E28 16964 bytes
SHA-256: ea55d10085cc306a5e781afd83a0416cc7ce763914b518f5d70a536965359b61
font_02_sfnt_off00013a5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A5F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1