Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bff3649b7541ce8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-24 23:42:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 7aac373db95e38594fda8c3991aaf2bc SHA-1: f8fe5fdd4dfa4805773a2da780f00b609c1c13e8 SHA-256: 4bff3649b7541ce81264fffacdd59c5b0f691f23ab5f8cb83c8eaff9ad9dd15f
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only interface and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a dropper or redirector for further stages of an attack.

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 0 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=metal+gear+solid+apk+android PDF link annotation
    • https://yasacompany.com/upload/files/81658102420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/3093932563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/fetitisaxijikanetosajele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/manogajowituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia/files/kekidexowuludafonuwepura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51052808715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siriusdynamics.com/assets/uploads/files/18820124351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indcms.testingmachines.com/images/file/lizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210920234546140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614371442a31b---bavokatakofelolalozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ituor.ir/basefile/chartermeinfo/files/toxorexubojanedomuwemafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rux-thai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92094707758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/29423865057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70724233147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.de/uploads/media/bubatolenodarepadipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bccphil.paramedix.biz/uploadfiles/file/7813124656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebonit.light.bg/includes/libs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxinataseguvamejif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a8eb775e4---60691423519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-16/20210916015926188207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/5949814375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://italvaping.com/file/11152812407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c9bf009db---2538328229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16016499912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/12539631284.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_off0000b34a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB34A 14264 bytes
SHA-256: 39a9b9982f8293347f8867502fdc8469a7fc6ad368f6e4ee900a637084511f32
font_01_sfnt_off0000d69e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD69E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eeb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEB5 10652 bytes
SHA-256: c8dbf1009e3ce2634cc77f095123cf05620d208278e22cb75b4eda84e827a665