Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 496ae7ae823c8ffa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:23:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: eaeb3b5b8bd98d4a67c580b1b24df558 SHA-1: ab84c873d6b210787a34b1df6c66d68dfd4ad59e SHA-256: 496ae7ae823c8ffa5206b7e22bb04e5358c2302b7a35d12ab1c5092f0f15116d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and redirects users to external URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to download a second-stage payload or phish for credentials. The document's structure, with minimal text and an image-based lure, further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ppsspp+file+download+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wujoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonblainville.com/userfiles/files/nanuzoxokigadexojifepoken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614015e9e5b66---kigabavalezuvifumet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/nufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chernogolovka.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/detejosuxotixudutateba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/file/fojemixifuligutidefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/90661053390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nabisori.com/userfiles/file/lejexasujazivutawomaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/noxolumirusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameranichietsu.com/luutru/files/kediko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat2.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomulitigowetumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a8f969c11---batujagume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3231d917127c71b679923f29ad8ea219/xokomidewiwobojutubuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmetinternationalschool.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44948591260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/tuvetededazaxigakedal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131204d986ed---39017111607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/vanaguvebivejisugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/fomudos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/bukuwekemiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.com/editor_files/file/sivewivinam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pacemakerpressintl.com/uploads/assets/file/desagafumuzak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalland.com/uploads/File/soxofalubawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurashi-kyoiku.com/cms/dat/upimg/file/papinevozetok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.com/editor_files/file/70880285321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/97225868955.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_off0000b679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB679 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE90 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 74bd98a9864a7ff06bfde056d1bcc130f817e1a7cca33df28827eb5b06377f93
font_02_sfnt_off0000e67c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67C 14204 bytes
SHA-256: 5e5fd422e1dba2c0d8f605cafd9e40d76d3b5835d32e635a84817a3c911039c5