Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b2590abbd7f7dfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:31:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e95a061f95c09fc82ea0679ba6266d8c SHA-1: f3c5cbb1a5ce66b0508c0472e09e0957e186c02d SHA-256: 4b2590abbd7f7dfd9f3f4f763df1217fc2e250fc751fd39a92c33ab308446420
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised websites and link farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristics also indicate social engineering tactics like 'ClickFix' and 'Clipboard command lure', which instruct the user to execute commands, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=git+branch+convention
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41a68389bc8da83ca6e3496401d36c0/jivuturorarebikoloki.pdf
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202104/file/nibukewupa.pdf
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f906932e1ade2741429b2d9501b1e8c/libajanogus.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkoc6mdhr962j8ckjvf2ohlc5f/40034396876.pdf
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/nebalotufagofobiduj.pdf
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/56019085107.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e5d27989f---mesomifuvakajatogokodadud.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6fbdc65b94c0918ae062b5a53e9ec4f/50033951921.pdf
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/10224458221.pdf
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28888068115.pdf
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qkk2r7csq9m43om6amkcvim81/vikorewixo.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4841091f1---bunumu.pdf
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/lofogisuvameda.pdf
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/gorusajefuki.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3e4b61c0ccaeda6509c4b3c15c76e3f/kedejabopukajoliba.pdf
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ok2bucsqsdm9s4vo45vh5ettj2/70699205207.pdf
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/54313193201.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4231b266e---fanuxatobujaxafal.pdf
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a76ac8426---90388657225.pdf
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/59255030184.pdf
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecf0b7563ebb425f80bd42ba9da9fb31/95639922025.pdf
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/fawijelutokareputurudipog.pdf
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210503053353.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_off0000f47f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF47F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c91.bin
adc445bf47c5bf91ef60045c78b776fc754c097ce439fdd0e8831f175d514f00
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C91 19784 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013fc2.bin
5f6e91d04c322c7f74e1f2e6a218663cfc0725cbbac14d27d33903fb818aad10
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC2 10360 bytes