Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84307c3635608bd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:15:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 01aeb67dfcce2afcb6edf79ba613162f SHA-1: 3f7cec0de7c2f43dd306dfc63bee0c908d6a7f43 SHA-256: 84307c3635608bd3a6964eb01cdaee381a67fec8003c52a29cea2940a6bfb0d8
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it likely contains malicious content. The presence of heuristics related to link farms and a browser installation lure suggests a social engineering attempt to trick the user into downloading a payload. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the lures and the detection names point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.
  • 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 https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g25ljfuhhjp86qa13lbq5j217n/94883093070.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b88447ee7---resakibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madame-tina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekopojodezanoridanujovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemarko.com/userfiles/file/pagefexosidikeletofogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manpowernepal.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/famoliga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cana.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/didamiwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apicn.net/upload/files/namolaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2o2b17g32e8xisqq.com/userData/board/file/50331167475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b0343d3481---buravuvufek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvifokukogezifutiviret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgestone-ice-cruiser-7000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fedico.ca/upload/editor/file/welemenusazukunarilokedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b3dab6f91---45010963411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gizumutadigafukuxona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/vezewedepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents/files/74761661356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milliondollardesiclub.com/upload_files/featured/files/lusawuluredevasiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/jexipilugupon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/pofasiriratodakasesisuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c32d4fed7---fabarebomibivaboduva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio70.eu/userfiles/files/jobuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobiliareborghi.com/userfiles/files/2126558498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elverum-revmatiker.no/images/file/woxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debseven.net/UserFiles/File/fupafunobanigogugomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/53788443010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a72796bc1---bedanudokuperuvutesama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=transfer+files+to+tabletPDF 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_off0000e9f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001020b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1020B 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 71a12f9ba53226a3315b71c34e73bed3a7f8e7c2ecdaa738b3e45f9a2ce12f18
font_02_sfnt_off00011964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11964 18560 bytes
SHA-256: bbeaa4260cb861b055437a8dabe4daa3c0d7205b15021a72b315eee3cacc6394