Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73452bcef2dee350…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-23 08:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 865aa50ba5f4105f51e56db480d21bc4 SHA-1: 5f5298c4ef6f0b38e6882fc46228a40af0b3f022 SHA-256: 73452bcef2dee3502da71e68e709f5512266744652e2638902eaef5ebcf3208e
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDFs hosted on various domains, some of which are identified as compromised upload storage. The document also exhibits social engineering lures, specifically a 'Browser Install Lure' and a 'Download Button', suggesting an attempt to trick the user into downloading further malicious content or installing unwanted software. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious actions or the download of a second-stage 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
  • 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.
  • 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 http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92770529444.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vipdiler.ru/files/file/70839277992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/62369092077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markyatirim.com/resimler/files/lijaguzunobagafekik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atputasbaze.lv/images/userfiles/files/tanawovogodefipowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalcinsezer.com/upload/ckfinder/files/61786744726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphamhienluong.com/upload/files/pafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/kosobofakuzopibuguli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60f18b96cf51b80a059f3b68ce0a373e/18822805124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b7841ed67b---vefas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/sabamefegireduvurobadaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614079cb66aeb---voxulivuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614886301494e---rawatugoxexelavopetirijux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/rixevasutabuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/pukapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laetitiabernard.fr/images/file/gewexidedetalisikosisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/defeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e4800eab5---sidozobapexegoxeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.its-dph.cz/admin/fckeditor/editor/userfiles/file/75744689401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anael.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/mipalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/15132834239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/88153397797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/dasizuselariniselopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/11578422250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbazar.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/sevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+os+download+macPDF 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_off0000e610.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE610 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE27 10560 bytes
SHA-256: b0785928bf69c523f7db8cabb3f67d8f8a1a55d7817f31b5fc910893361be831
font_02_sfnt_off00011629.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11629 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 47175f1fc2b3c1ad7a4ee14ddcdc83ae3de964550097eae4da6eff22762e875b