Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 410b0b4be900b39c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 06:42:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4be32544aece80f07536bee3058b9f0c SHA-1: 462b779edf735076aabdd46be1dbe0016ef2786d SHA-256: 410b0b4be900b39c46f39c0ef1fc7a6287392d69ec5752464e146d8653586270
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it uses a browser extension installation lure, a common social-engineering tactic. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or prompt downloads, potentially leading to further compromise.

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 http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/wixegol.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/wunenigosowadilimoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotrusso.it/userfiles/files/47994207480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9226cf53bb34f3f3ae98e7a6c76f76d7/digevaniwelaxabemise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e00f3ce289---xajarivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/gonipimamupadakowoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddbbbcbc66074baf9ebce4c342c3298a/4794707779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fccbd2882f---52903435402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ee4569379---metakurixogoxavovete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/pupebubezabosaverujudos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8f5d6e7802---kegadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c5eb8a7d5fe3af41f1a6d6d4f88c0ab/zokivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sb7n1efg5plfc85uo7lalv1keo/22727035300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/tuzelekezisosemudinuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa88e7d3de---fajajaborim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nizitixekiremifeluzigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/zumigulanojebapemonirot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47951lmt0nb0fgkhkuq0ph5m2g/daruvojotebejaxodixereno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1624561302gusodipobobafalut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellsazshihtzu.com/clients/878694/File/31883179332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestsearch.in/admin/uploads/file/fajexepifexudawoliwope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7mrk39ofievi309hiuv1hdsku6/50655759300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9g1pjod8hbd3m1hqmo3tnsjg14/merusilomaboso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app8itebarandgrill.com/admin/images/file/4976998407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=last+ditch+effort+meaningPDF 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_off0000ef5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001076c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1076C 20184 bytes
SHA-256: 6b523c420868fc715b34f2cce5574b93c7284a14b4dc39d940656bcd03a8c9d7
font_02_sfnt_off00013a30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A30 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 271cd3817a2059d8f8a683e709a1faa4e603807b97f681154f36869dd9990130