Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3814ca463a508618…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:28:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f324ce20eb422733697fbf8b9335a8f3 SHA-1: 28189916823198d7021f8a52aa74ce885caac3d8 SHA-256: 3814ca463a50861893f974df53ac5589c095371be5ec0a06b2b9c99128c740c2
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a browser extension installation lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The presence of PDF_JS and PDF_URI heuristics, along with the 'Browser extension / update installation lure' finding, strongly indicates a social engineering attack aimed at compromising the user's system.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fullscreen+chrome+android PDF link annotation
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/woperubojifiragaboruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamotato.ro/userfiles/file/bidimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/gumakabiveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polaria.cz/images/file/15183624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embody.box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powozilevirefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.lu/userfiles/file/fakavajozufaximid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614163c2f22af---nimenuwediritones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/roredabipunurusivojorune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912131313930286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__61459513276A5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614294824cb68---91263934751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tijazafezulebobinijefiweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/digepadaselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0a3exp.com/upfiles/editor/files/89718378246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/13412843007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345e9b5f180---86836951845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radyoislam.com/resimler/files/77798096418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/41151582662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdmsig1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28800995764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robvancampen.nl/userfiles/file/56731889206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c4b68b453---nojinivibexuvuzob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homokkepek.hu/editor_up/65426579202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b17fc0d34---vibiliradit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iod15r8eimmg6v651o4oc5f6tn/nesixiwunino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariondhuique-mayer.com/data/file/28560903006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202109/file/210902174815222821o4zniijnm2b9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/javizifiw.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_off0000f7f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001100a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100A 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 10d27725d51509ec37dce360185d01d362163f69eeaf545871b89651fc876665
font_02_sfnt_off00013e93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E93 10616 bytes
SHA-256: c6b87bd8a96ed388b0869e93c2034aa314588193d4adec876e0e947b924a1a47