Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d283ddc80af1391…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:30:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 47163294db4fb3943278f1986654b235 SHA-1: 2c80dbc9b5c6cd580049b51c22f2ed977ba365e2 SHA-256: 5d283ddc80af1391a9e631e02a93eb6c6c267627a660fc39b2dfb6dad6f78a83
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' indicates the document likely prompts the user to install a fake browser update or extension. This is a common social engineering tactic to deliver malware or steal credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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
  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=com+android+browser+com+google+android+browser PDF link annotation
    • https://triyoga-tv.ru/userfiles/file/22200282812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d52df3422dc08f9958004c861b6b86/47441570007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903123612385120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noursportevents.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/92973055925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ministryofrum.com/memlogos/file/vubalexejodonuwexekotileg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoralbini.it/files/file/rivigopivubesefoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xatrbio.com/userfiles/file/2794229240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/lafux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funcarele.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivasibalimizijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-providence-ehpad.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xibagukibobekotilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swiss-ex.com/images/blog/file/55159578431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22067461010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bytip.net/filespath/files/20210905123528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1222157950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifewenovugarolineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umruic1kohr89cl01n9d570js1/mexabamevibonogerobawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/dumove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soskuwait.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/86967452806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenuwazaxuvujeliwirunafor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e6d24849b---96558900042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportgalaktik.sk/userfiles/file/11087309101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/92524958236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risorsaterra.it/userfiles/files/11451875703.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_off0000e90d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90D 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 11a305ceae209d7bdd9420e28765df64a7ef4a29473466bb9af959d86ae4412a
font_01_sfnt_off0001176a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1176A 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 324ed90c3ec4156e551db89e852bdd57d9244c9515392ee23bef495d88c8395d
font_02_sfnt_off00013058.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13058 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1