Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 639a22979013901a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 07:43:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f91c25caabd6bb0f585f84e4010b22c6 SHA-1: 674ee658dd16c02c8e7482fce2fc46f2d7fef32e SHA-256: 639a22979013901a6bef49a719dbeaab353c71022d8fe5291e8502efb5971c70
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it uses social engineering tactics, specifically a 'ClickFix' lure, to trick users into executing commands via the clipboard. This suggests the document is designed to prompt the user to download and run a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fu5mdj55cd1oj3eifu3tu5mbq6/53905061724.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/vuvamezemilap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd180c2f2f---fuxobes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2166f680b0e15639381feb2b9a4d393b/81527415803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44bbd1e8d7796f442fdf85e566a1f96d/48411411810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8bdc339cc---61495698021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c76ac8d5803---55233275669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgmo19rs9hnk90lroei1iums44/xusowewuwefulunugavigagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nde1vh24iee5d4ts9kvtleqjpc/netikagomodowoxilajubafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///tobubetutalikorirubuzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210628210200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608753ab5370c---zojezukazofelavikifetokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/kinivuvuzetola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funkyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jukitorojuwekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/64118734531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/xogaduwaxopipugorirutoxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/31671515611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2cd83d901---gubirilexosinoxexis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66b8286a77fc45e37e1f460556393939/97303253067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/1370365562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859987ba612---keririko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609609b1f3227---58398238456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=enable+administrator+account+windows+10+and+set+passwordPDF 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_off0000e847.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE847 11156 bytes
SHA-256: f7c5344e1c91d5c4a779cc02e6d1bb3303960909544aac23a7661a1eae798ec7
font_01_sfnt_off00010233.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10233 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A45 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 9370de3e520d0524b42b50027568e033210b4cbb7194a2b4116b794939202e84