Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c9883b80146b8cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-07-21 15:30:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: e5ae78399e96b728ff4fe5d4e2c8c44b SHA-1: 1c3ccf21487ff9a74bd070c13c40b09dc21c084d SHA-256: 1c9883b80146b8cb3e075476f3332afd387308a3e40f1f1eb5fe4d21a5347021
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1534 Internal Spearphishing

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identifying it as a phishing lure impersonating Microsoft Outlook. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, designed to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the phishing pretext strongly suggest an attempt to steal credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=which+of+the+following+statements+is+true+about+gamma+rays.
  • 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://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cla3aojjbcvl7mfk4u15ern0vh/24741576324.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab206a3d7da---miwivesedisugibezatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/gudojefugutitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5051e62789bd6bca695fee182251fd0b/tanapakegawanudiwadenusub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/mexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omlt1ulf1libhh70lug0rstob1/7514072590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/ralonorepamolokiduzamegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amidoux-peintures.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopufanejebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160934a1e38cf9---98842000580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088fdff7b7e0---xekazaxavokumafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4cf8483ff---85496014000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850c440fe90---mevoretow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/vivimuvosigufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884d17b92a0---34948393203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--eyt274i.com/upload/files/jujuraxotediwazujameme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a54431eb5---59473684097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/winef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079acfd200cb---geribixolanobogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/11951509944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/93908053865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/47443515035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d40c7044b42bda6a222122d308ccf2e0/tamaditu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=which+of+the+following+statements+is+true+about+gamma+raysPDF 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_off0000d31a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD31A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 3d8e7f67d804907ce341e1925eaf605c3966968fb958a87f0492cb6c9c446d16
font_01_sfnt_off0000fed4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116EB 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 39651ef91db7a263a4c581ff9ac63a24e0f59e7531eac8082fa311d49c630c7d