Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e2496e53dfc56a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-08-24 21:13:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9783424d5a55a181dac25b85ac6b13a5 SHA-1: b78c330faa68396e8a39ac734dd5ad2d7ba7489e SHA-256: 1e2496e53dfc56a9fa4bc27032ce098cd41cc55287f035e7e501aa18c86e1acb
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing an image-only presentation to conceal clickable links. The embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 71 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.
  • 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 http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/55580803317.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/kejubikatibeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2718168000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/sirujiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perila-vrn.ru/userfiles/file/24929877768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paseppe.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giwudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/86130360017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/8380637743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750680dd148---8525788009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f9c7ec6465---76311212369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxag.com/upload/browse/file/firokoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/rejurarotobopeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparan-art.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34021793141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-028.com/userfiles/file/20210730211117_jai4b0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://win-win-keiba.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51303597860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/sutun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/21091809832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a286556bf63---26099608738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/riratifasekogaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/basokadivuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609163b12c134---56041094456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/80060252785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39546028806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=vantage+medical+group+claims+addressPDF 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_off0000bad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2E3 13948 bytes
SHA-256: 9313f5fb09d9b81091b0be106de2b6ce0e3a38d2cd82f70d1f8fdd2941fcbf89
font_02_sfnt_off0000f572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF572 10928 bytes
SHA-256: f8ca7055190e0c65c84ea8e02c89d25f465baa0dc98ebd9e984739f0b2791408