Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 834865e69f52577e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:46:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5fd17c549732e4dab02177d7ba5c5891 SHA-1: bb262e1ef17518a428af15f8e3dcc96e376a5d88 SHA-256: 834865e69f52577e569d27c4c3dd3a258f2470ed663e8c0d45f9d0c57312b814
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH' strongly suggests a credential phishing lure impersonating Microsoft. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+add+a+table+column+in+excel.
  • 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://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/96408057983.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/52187050366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/genirivojazigagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d187187061---45636451211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/54873998381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongnuocdenhat.com/upload/files/48196588730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/pabadafakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/9236726817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089672956b07---33644104545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/63675178209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a726b3ce1f9---bitusezukejofodare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/fajutafugavepapumerev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/kasaxonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phpirateboosters.com/clients/867602/File/37093950942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf07bee90a9---40046776457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yucehukuk.com/resimler/files/63368807047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60455b62502cdc72bad90ab56005a1c5/selajudelonokozasozakaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/odv5feomok9en8o3n9pr972m9m/81043921887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/bokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unixsensor.com/uploads//files/202108110212366827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9991282640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30cdf793bd31d73c0adbefff0f808a92/fakigugafiluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b11428469da58b384cee1bd1768b687d/90998772659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+add+a+table+column+in+excelPDF 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_off00011425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11425 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C37 18624 bytes
SHA-256: dd84f3225989cb243844b1f01cef9f96a27983695cef759b7a84965fbd8e20ab
font_02_sfnt_off00015c58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C58 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 869da16365b80e41a05c7c5a1c5b5d5e894141627eae07ad58a55682a911cea8