Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 417052ae732573f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-10 14:02:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0167705671862f7004642cc2649f56b6 SHA-1: 4958b090676a63fdc0e9ce210943e010011a164c SHA-256: 417052ae732573f6969934c0c3e9ac1ef8f96a55f3748cfb5b6a8091973683d3
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It employs social engineering tactics, specifically a 'Browser extension / update installation lure' and a 'Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure', to trick users into performing harmful actions. The embedded JavaScript stream, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or redirection to malicious URLs, contributing to the overall attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure high SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE
    Document describes new or changed bank, wire, ACH, IBAN, SWIFT, or routing instructions — a high-value business-email-compromise pattern
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sync+wifi+passwords+android PDF link annotation
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mfre2mof92g3qbv1n0isvf3lv8/68028230541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021090715095424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twilaw.com/files/files/94002811032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaors.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/wexifozufevolug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/12258838750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/duwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/77583323337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/40835970230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-42351dc5a6b3.prshots.es/uploads/userfiles/1630643627/files/67849651783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/dixomapipumoduvadavip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents/files/loroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restauraceeverest.cz/userfiles/file/futesodibido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392fc352119---2004125862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerie-louise.be/userfiles/files/32983810014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzgogo.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/65929059932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irodaszer.lukinserv.hu/file/94354881432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36115822849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gndpta.eu/news_objects/files/11720932080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clove7.com/userfiles/file/3327743442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regcureguide.com/files/files/29418578228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotem.com/data/home/qxu1780220113/htdocs/uploadfile/files/70779149153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61605139415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81512475874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139061385acc---dipafowofelebosilute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearonlaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zojitinaripogavox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/19241885292.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_off0000cd2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD2E 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 819f22c14d900fa727ec2d44a8c8f9ddb4c39dcfc20ca1468b8dde23b9c209bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE599 17424 bytes
SHA-256: 12708fd9abe636c06449abfc8e40bea100c540bfdee87d1a3dd394cc55eaba0a
font_02_sfnt_off0001129b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1129B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1