Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d536c76f4a71d66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-26 18:01:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 412c1f3ef6ba84013c00eeaba2214c36 SHA-1: 959d0224e30f41e5aaacdb8ee8932f7b71277ac5 SHA-256: 1d536c76f4a71d66e0adcec0ac2f842b0b9fc099e069d634535c6746b70dfe6c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick the user into installing malicious software by masquerading as a necessary update or plugin. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • 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://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/lemuwirexexewowoval.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/20289892281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fe4ae6f59016a1817223b095167d520/bidikigafatadukaguso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82c336c6fc7de9632f02cc61758034ed/48694176864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/803be524515fe6192352e155b3bb5fdd/48004964513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b58c73bf1---wujulidubive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/79372711931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-07-16-04-49-57-E5TUwyc2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c72f796a82d2eb2403e0f483c80444e/77380006043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/32931915498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8002d28b76---noroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/24383378382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/23088137149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d61758a377---85790943127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cdae171521---61000578226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bbeb0bd6a---11061386260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c958d859a8a---fesokukupuvekapofapatele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d04f117e64---27522375359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/jimetumawavuxagonujuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/90339654420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/muf6lp3d6l4v9al9b8q6rdtjee/99084009898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horizontire.com/userfiles/file/66794674187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=hollywood+movies+online+with+english+subtitlesPDF 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_off0000f9a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B9 16904 bytes
SHA-256: f438497f4944fc03fa32822bc1da3df3a6e0a051b33b6af0689f17cd58718f78
font_02_sfnt_off00013d63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D63 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 47ef1478a8bce77389d6ceb379d26f04024b2eea9595031db5897545fac5bb43