Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f1a54393a136222…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:46:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cc3db4433171bafe9a6f942684392ef9 SHA-1: d6facdeafca7c5e1cb7dbfb1a0f0e3e35717be1f SHA-256: 5f1a54393a13622286fb65b351baf17e6701a740c9c8be048c8bd0b71ddbacb9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a social engineering lure, instructing the user to install a browser extension or update to view content, which is a common method for credential theft or malware installation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it acts as a dropper or phishing document, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/28427380204.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47037eec4e---58445036363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a326b1a990---22669039605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82f597710346174dca893f28578521b1/devarosemuperiwowopejek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusedafuruzenefafutuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/rokazevumutozamuzemanisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/852c8c794b51ebfdabfc2a540b6d81f4/lizorabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429024901767764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a006c88817---dixawikejejadeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/97622242039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39f9beb4a633cbb88be5aa7def0223dd/kesokigelefisozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/gekorigozowatubuwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petala.gr/userfiles/file/23447459485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta829ckmlunmomjg9etg8h3bo3/vofoxofapolosusumuginoxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/xafaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shophouse.info/images/files/58254614454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/tixorabaladim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/bojivido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbedf727196---xuroxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c50c8001052943617df586334b0745d/66604836039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c4e872769---gifolevepuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmvprqmbaahq2bkfmb87vjvcs1/dabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lugashotel.com/data/editorfile/36348379206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+difference+between+a+renewable+and+nonrenewable+energy+resourcePDF 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_off0001031d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1031D 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 3cd11c43e1304090278f818c0c43e498f7c0095196385f8ee65d8e8d7fe9eced
font_01_sfnt_off00013209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13209 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 109c51e6c8740910ba961dc104b32772c436fc40b0341933d7e573cf551f00a7
font_02_sfnt_off00014c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1