Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 724b923ab500fc96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:04:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 17f18605f784d0f55ccf01f43340b9bc SHA-1: 485ac1fac1cfb7a0c06328fb24a5c69aeb179085 SHA-256: 724b923ab500fc968de4180917bd0ed062a6db65fe4f9019e0ab7c3714b8e52f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with a clickable action and containing numerous links to external domains. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging further supports its malicious nature. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pvz+2+download+free+android PDF link annotation
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/98968560757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/3607633864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazduire-domeniu.com/UserFiles/file/41146809798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://408of53crownstreet.com/assets/media/files/dinorovuzite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikquartz.com/upload/editor/file/1630588442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prefinancovaniehypoteky.sk/res/file/rofevofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11e0ae4b95ab679c534ae60f31191ef7/48903687381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/8538539297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/14391135479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f2127cd53---90272082511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/84661841145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c0ca8862b---veturefunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143ca7a96ca7---46297444350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210906051817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613878a5e6666---70490834763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilybarnes.com/DEVELOPMENT/VERSIONED/emilybarnes/trunk/sites/default/files/file/44162221943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duragloss.pl/userfiles/file/bomiwaxekoguvewukipizufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmsmarin.com/imgimage/file/tepabinizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f80144e329---wufotidupuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/xodasikigegixufurevimazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94214992439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-027.com/userfiles/file/20210917084727_hs9rpz.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_off0000adca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xADCA 13904 bytes
SHA-256: a04f6e0109d3645e56e48958d868841b640d6fbed3b633ab93df1918b24b47b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d05f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD05F 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 0ad2974c6dad2db0628b5bb6eab2229d57f981f3e6f2fb6ff581b48418400051
font_02_sfnt_off0000e831.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE831 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1