Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a80b2bbab1d2e8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-19 12:05:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4c6f10ad94b66a007bbd6fda7f289bf9 SHA-1: 4d77ce7ae3bdc392ee6ea0eb5d833819e2d8214d SHA-256: 5a80b2bbab1d2e8e0b84232b57e2a182e3db6e911981728774e5c9033d6a98e2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a social-engineering lure, instructing the user to install a browser extension or update, which is a common method for distributing malware or stealing credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggest an attempt to host malicious payloads or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9876

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc550b7289---81600486986.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91533132451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608129d6c0ca6---68802917270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htygroup.com/upload/files/71205166574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/jirajesamuresagosifopunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611300e28ac50---32393376803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078adc44b903---67878877820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/pudalimawudamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hutechsolar.com/upload/user_upload/files/65413111114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecf7a44ddb5---norokabov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611466d521870---71445127717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/90978993775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46c90503a6c2da2b9507666bc09e86bc/56879544646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixekodex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/37511461476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofumitiduzetano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa1d0a61deac2951107e066680148555/sibetiwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/13735018485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/25752157631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebd5bc38787791d12ed086f6b5c614e9/vaduzeviwepumewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/tepufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/mizojizasixarebedatafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5447064a25b4e3d64a5ac5f1edb0cd2a/80928328834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e339e26613483ff028a8e1cf281fcf3/70620117901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e26bb9b504d0f7f609d5922ef66db9a6/31737913743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metisentry.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40625901430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=cardinal+mexican+train+domino+game+with+aluminum+casePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77C 18568 bytes
SHA-256: 226692e90d7eced5e7b31d74f576e67f922675271e92333544a5e61b25cdfb7a
font_01_sfnt_off000126c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126C2 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 3141afaf0216ab6222aa77b4afadfa40fe28d765c59fc51b283c47fa44a7baa6
font_02_sfnt_off0001406c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1406C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1