Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b2df635a17807ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:24:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f9dc6dd8312df2a3e8818ed4896c32f3 SHA-1: 2cf59c50bef316aece8b2f3c8d80c6b27b52348c SHA-256: 1b2df635a17807cee01aaa667bdfcdb51065e33d7350d1f8c4f1d08438bce6dd
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a screenshot lure to trick users into believing they need to install a browser extension or update to view content. The document contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the lure and the embedded URLs strongly indicate an attempt to execute malicious code or steal credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081af16b04b5---3626923458.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://becucci.it/userfiles/files/namomigenezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/65856493895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69526481182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23304d25c3---lirowozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62754131583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/9727382529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diodelumi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86166534320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/xojogokawubomujadebiredo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b289b6e6267171c194e9d0c47682b66/dorejomevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancingstarsgreenwich.net/clients/1/10/10f73e4104fe6082999c9b722aa65ba2/File/84655957996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/47589508717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coimbatorepressclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/larisefaratubulukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608cae8e9aff1---fevikalupusisedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608566d30c0d2---tebutagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/finuzudila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/magopegosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-mill.jp/images/file/67726973217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b64ba43c20---vibomowiriwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpiequipos.com/assets/images/user_files/files/71107778232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/19665664042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b9a6e51161---padajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=estrogen+rich+foods+list+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://mustang.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7923952330.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_off0000afb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7C9 10720 bytes
SHA-256: b65758b86bab2a9c0fc9b3f4240b7e2dcbd3e66ca1e182dd931a74abc3341484
font_02_sfnt_off0000e013.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE013 13804 bytes
SHA-256: dfd017005fbf9a7c3135e76e4eb1a47544cf8c1548f1a57f217e2fe3f9f70ff5