Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84fce4fe44d21218…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-08-15 12:21:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 04ab344f7a55e326d79cb5bddf39f066 SHA-1: c374db15499e723dbd47888ae2f1ddcce6a5ffd2 SHA-256: 84fce4fe44d21218a74ea99f52a671c3750d7cbba178b424154c3e16cab8fe62
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'Browser extension / update installation lure' heuristic indicates the document actively tries to trick the user into installing malicious software. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=asme+section+viii+div+2+part+5 PDF link annotation
    • http://dorisemitchell.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cr59d4q26dt5unanav3s1r8s85/57675449314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/5953998772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-temt.ru/images/file/labudevajawelod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/14154665648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/404e9ed6e646a6958a9afcdc7ea97542/fuwapomuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/30050107476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/pikokixerilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/mugeset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/bonanize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16087268424203---70339696437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f726051e69---18837024977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/64090587283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6a0ed05f1---30233350638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab76dd4372d---wegedalopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d47kgt771uoe590l75u40fu6/79404626928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da76dbc7739cfe3ecea73d374af2887f/tizanijitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/saveledujolafugaroriki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/69484584539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/tilavimusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/80702641127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/37711423302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/mojugudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608869018bfee---48485546464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da99f46227---80108981126.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_off0000dabb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDABB 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 27099ef586cd8e92cc0039786c7ba16678bf0067add5d5b38d7f9884bdf07a03
font_01_sfnt_off00010644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10644 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E5B 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 13cb41df36dffb8cab481e1abba77f58827509cc1c3030f7a546b7b1d84db166