Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23c39ef2244b9131…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 06:15:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e7d5ed1f96aeae2492a44d3aabfeebef SHA-1: a44ebda9f53b6504557b02d5a47945f45af329ce SHA-256: 23c39ef2244b913142cbba823350ca577b1e65a9a90958971f245189d714eb9e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file is identified as a credential phishing lure, specifically targeting Facebook credentials. The document contains embedded links that direct users to malicious domains, such as `https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=513+is+what+area+code`, which is designed to trick users into divulging their login information. The presence of multiple external URIs and a high ML score further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=513+is+what+area+code.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=513+is+what+area+code PDF link annotation
    • http://alliance-vietnam.com/upload/files/bokogevurapixafalibivevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607138b4bb97b---56061614148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78de5b389c2370a88ac8979bdc7677fb/valixegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210623045946_824221488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/gufidapimekawalefaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/sawajajubenapajijofilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagnesreunion.com/clients/e/ed/ed16748122b3ff8ec97113314e0446c4/File/30416113119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc28ab009622e0554a07574d82302030/gapefimawejifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfb7ochgsc2f9598bl45fts0vj/56254188797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/lemuradexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/virutajakunomunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/gajugawafuvigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/273535ffff206ab8dcfcd198a2284e3e/37495612751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf697c08b8d---90303500359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47e0b1698b---9446675755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/litotuzutejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec74614ae2017f9bae32f9c7271d7897/wudirekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db5ed2ed79---90300315521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb38bd4d3f---20715535389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizcsap.hu/files/file/27931670365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67d72ccef9---telinemipagukamogejaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cd45733bb304968a5f9082295c1924f/sivad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf449e0f1d---89169725662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/bonelanusewugigogoxam.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_off0000dd2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF544 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 209df467fd6d9a15da40b7f81c7b07a4a65d48890fe4f25f22fee2088beb0086
font_02_sfnt_off00010dfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DFB 17568 bytes
SHA-256: ecd2890e199a981b38d1ca090d4e87145dff80b49f3e4f3d1564ff7ff1f4e0e1