Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e3c47b73587884b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:09:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 33e1d812ed7114cd66fb6b86dc72d345 SHA-1: aaa1ac82df9d327f360f077046094b97fc76734a SHA-256: 1e3c47b73587884b1da979711b998a901fdc42247c678e069f1ec1a7652bbf77
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a lure to install a browser extension or update, a common social engineering tactic for credential theft or malware delivery. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9168a7841---52288780479.pdf
    • http://gonzagafood.com/userfiles/files/jusuliduruwuxun.pdf
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/barejuvolameredal.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff82d28fc4---xubololetufibiguloda.pdf
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/nuvewevopugiveva.pdf
    • https://femagnet.com/upload/edu/article/file/tijorosugafaxe.pdf
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/56666850261.pdf
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96081681376.pdf
    • http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepakil.pdf
    • https://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sowebik.pdf
    • http://www.tempshift.com/app/webroot/files/uploadimagesfile/mezemanafobefenodinuwifiz.pdf
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/42637144391.pdf
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b83a4ddd86---nuxixokoxenenuziri.pdf
    • https://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/wisijatitaworobudosav.pdf
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86ed70575a3c1829d571a4de9b8de4b2/dufipurimirulasorode.pdf
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9a72e4d3c6e8b6e6b5a0e73c27e1e6f/21572581876.pdf
    • https://sindicav.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9150398207.pdf
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/pegovo.pdf
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/85315048250.pdf
    • https://mtmhomeschool4art.com/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/72799246769.pdf
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/40703829004.pdf
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/vaxapokawabed.pdf
    • http://dreamwith.gni.kr/ckupload/files/sebidasakokikigukez.pdf
    • http://baracenter.be/userfiles/file/2812956361.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=free+200+likes+on+instagram
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebc8.bin
1175ed837481ec1711d36f94e065da5a4cae4c037b74907a785f8deabb3693c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC8 10760 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010493.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10493 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca5.bin
c3309391c72a50d18a412b63303069e09038dccd9133f7c89e284f563717332d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA5 19256 bytes