Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b909866cd9b4dfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 19:49:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4b7d2a7207ef8a1b1ff583d27a1492f7 SHA-1: 555ab7a1a57a4239cbb92b1310735fe2a4f11a67 SHA-256: 7b909866cd9b4dfec286a2e7111a733c8fd4e42014bdb312ec98f27b804fe495
204 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, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristic 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' suggests the document is designed to trick users into installing malicious browser extensions or updates. Embedded JavaScript streams and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, further support this social engineering attack pattern. The primary goal appears to be user deception leading to potential credential theft or further malware installation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • 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://balticstroy.com/uploads/files/45850962195.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf401089f4dbd554f576c8d7465964e0/vizosurexuvajejosikixovux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrrc.us/userfiles/file/jerowegaderijifile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolninskayahotel.com/userfiles/file/joxoraretejedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/44920891993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/7895641041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lovebliss.tw/UserFiles/files/gisejokimavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalcenterhotels.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/62887492225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1g8jkbn3ckdqsh491pa6vcbvj5/rorumazerejaxokunosuvalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog/file/4086434395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.liftechforklifts.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20618527269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd267fda51351adf6ecf90aeb8a82642/57872374460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aec4e756bd---1765068757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrixx.lu/images/wikojoridazoses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://herfection.herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210907192708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/pezifetejoxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4670d1a3d24c8527db9c4b9ef23431c/85956710313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d876859d5a---21111392524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominant.name/userfiles/file/21797979933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pearproperties.in/userfiles/file/86853708612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55814910559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9ujcus8kifmgmrqa7dbfp60v2/62439195018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_8D7EC7F0308D242A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+screenshot+a+video+on+androidPDF 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_off0000e1c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C4 10564 bytes
SHA-256: f1a1c301e9d7b5e29f063221f5c344b24120cb52c028924b78e4ae10c61b132f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D3 19016 bytes
SHA-256: 5c2777251b3462f00bf179b6e70b1931536363b2d7bfd9ea0f23e49adff1e250
font_02_sfnt_off00012af4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1