Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a91673694f5833b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:12:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: fdd4f8ba9e13e5d61783021f2bc28241 SHA-1: 8439ab6f54c0940ce2500e203501de948b2e05fb SHA-256: 1a91673694f5833b31159aa3e6dac33d0f60c86c236243db109dcd81a8c092a6
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The 'Browser extension / update installation lure' heuristic indicates the document's intent is to trick the user into installing malicious software. 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
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.
  • 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://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/903ca5cd256709e60d9b005855afd0ca/sawozepe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d2812668e---gogamudugulupunum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafutar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/rodewatokulirukizopeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloudinfo01.smartevolve.com/images/ckeditor/files/81895027605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netcsemege.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafokewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienphat.vn/imagesflashupload/file/68272728100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nazukuserununerepevagaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a9e135299---nomirudorajoropa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91b435fdfc3d7ec3a61b3e6a07e16c5d/safozub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/legoloxepapeberarezoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwaysindia.com/uploads/ralopinupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/3407599583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/bawopudixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/denamavajadatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/58867045132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/21127926474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/xuripetokomov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42855ab09a8e4adcacf0b60cd5d889f2/budusagep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/66687810164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandorbit.in/userfiles/file/lovokerosebiribadojowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.seminariomenorvalencia.com/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97671962041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godahoian.com/app/webroot/upload/files/jukudid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetnl.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_B7DE5898014319CA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+download+fortnite+on+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_off0000e88e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE88E 19188 bytes
SHA-256: 92b0525122fcd83fa37ded4511260e7a2854f5dfa264d965c7305909f08deaa6
font_01_sfnt_off00011a9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132B4 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 0ff6496b50000b8e8260021c41ce94f1216d4dbe781570719fc3897df981f1da