Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 610fe7d84507590a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:20:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4cc860383ab2e99ea48365177e9eb253 SHA-1: 567a51b4f75fff92a694be6d08f3dbda2c518846 SHA-256: 610fe7d84507590a2f0e6cd3c3b1450e6b6a5e15e85287144a2b7dc31e6f12df
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The document also contains a lure instructing the user to enable content, likely to facilitate the download and execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://net-mex.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33591023.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abc8b60853---liregam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/lodaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/bawekibofovago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/21042289138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skikk.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/milenukevixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc6aa3d01ebaf9fd5c3e251dd586121b/xewifidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/12415888131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/kakebivifedetux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/26727570238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgroup.at/tmp/77001288144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/led4upjedm02rfhh3k8q8v0h9c/5309530940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/481cb6102b929aa22703fc8a3ecc2ede/87870602213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca468da4710---56877785179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16582515490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/6650439535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/file/14150910058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/46317270615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/71383094479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biblioteka-belzec.pl/upload/files/bedusizuvaxezirilasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b9f40faaf---bisonigoluvunawevozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolky.info/foto/images/file/rotigizedixijezafunup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qol5rs74rglfci61kuvqtuoec4/34079148193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/wofizovorolanozes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/12333938897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+content+copying+for+accessibilityPDF 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_off0000db96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB96 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 7788402fd4b29f7c4a1318b126e86c5ade377892ab9f10778f5c7a39d1842ec3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF508 18780 bytes
SHA-256: cb921d7b818024fc631dbbabfd6788ca8ffbfb506651481e3ca71d6e7d6b4c30
font_02_sfnt_off000125ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1