Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 483aa10148c9ff14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:07:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9729047d65795f5364ab675a8e8db1d4 SHA-1: c33b0527c41f9282e039a626cf22b8e6a9b309b0 SHA-256: 483aa10148c9ff1464438f1e8718ed7ba0cf41e19b619e697a50c4ba5db971ff
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a social engineering tactic by presenting a lure to install a browser extension or update, a common method for credential theft or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the document's structure and numerous external links suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=delete+button+on+chromebook+keyboard
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbd8930875---85214338348.pdf
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bbd072f6d0467ad8d84e85145239aa3/34026285971.pdf
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/batorisabukuxalezelaliku.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072199d90477---9972157262.pdf
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608050dd98458---30564118712.pdf
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07947312a137d8ffff479f9f48c4f4b1/vosituvitufikatubok.pdf
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77f216b947---7459254761.pdf
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/wapixakuzesutemaweji.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5e55c36eb7adaac10726e81aaabf160/58166328499.pdf
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/6920227777.pdf
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/73614106707.pdf
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fd4a42b214cd3f76ea965ddd3738ee9/dusijudiruzefujodebiwibil.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3b40351a2---buwurinemomotafilenepamaj.pdf
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/89787729583.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92980d5c07---9613614722.pdf
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d60cmf245u9h88bfmt7fru8jg8/30335299575.pdf
    • http://tcurryproperties.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/88584148686.pdf
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a456e640cd9---34774335215.pdf
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/41092325624.pdf
    • http://roland-toys.eu/userfiles/file/15449913837.pdf
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/20822729863.pdf
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/42579909901.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19ca567970---34590330.pdf
    • 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_off00010189.bin
9c96982f578b79795efee75816ad413996fe428b587d0cd3f80f62ed5f25bc6c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10189 20000 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013460.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13460 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014c77.bin
11f34340123eb7d0e4a84437876ea3f5723f76666ff97d50004910a63e442e46
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C77 10824 bytes