Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f8d403db63f1c4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 14:54:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2dca986dc8fa31fc4ced76793dda6ea3 SHA-1: f90fcb03dabf249861c6508079ae52f346114649 SHA-256: 5f8d403db63f1c4d20f2ff0e0f24ef087b0e8f8e9997279ce81028edef4f1b22
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and presents a lure for browser extension or update installation, a common social-engineering tactic. The document also includes a password-protected archive lure, suggesting it aims to deliver a payload that is encrypted to bypass gateway scanning. Multiple URLs point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a distribution network for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://dienmayminhchau.vn/uploads/news_file/pedaxagi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63376906784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesifveotesi.com/files/53286597554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serbanindustrialconstruct.ro/uploads/files/leduwakubopebevuvugedigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.integra-cr.cz/administrace/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14857552202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kotypsy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanadawaveguzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d78c3e4cac98fd57ed906b4bb7df5681/vufiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/vaxonagatomajofuguxigeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327511a82c1---tekixudoxokafavofejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f92a33145a---54125023572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/nizigave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/66340095844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee445724e5---10237195273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exam11.menapoint.com/app/webroot/upload/files/58158257143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bongkartuantakur.com/contents/files/75278132923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/13992380923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freewest.at/muwegodepebotobazikuwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/valurutozozixiput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rakofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58043408440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/97355735865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133033a09c4b---lajizosabapumapali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/18744746388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fbb18f5e8defef0c50b1f04014d8726/95577821748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+grand+prime+plus+frp+file+downloadPDF 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_off0000d801.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD801 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF018 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 8a9a5f7d16ad456129cf47b67b4906db6c27e935d554f44a3f065ee452bf95b5
font_02_sfnt_off0001096b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1096B 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 95d551bee37658fef18836fd8b2a81c50e481e251293a12512be5dc4c7f4e560