Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9125bb5b4694f4dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:57:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 11cd7b2e66ecf0e7e9a154cef3247e97 SHA-1: 8e924bb7109cf9887cf2392f47810501e8f4d824 SHA-256: 9125bb5b4694f4dd2a620626fc01ebd548bc12a7ad6c481dad7bef12a81b0128
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a lure suggesting the user install a browser extension or update, a common social-engineering tactic. It also contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on various domains, some of which are flagged as potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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.
  • 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://go2germany.ru/files/file/97683539086.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/16664274802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekidilektekstil.com/images_upload/files/26795929798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/nebade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uktohabbarijamalta.com/files/file/rubor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202109090203189689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easresidence.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/22198077262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb0107a499---15934830960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/94315539497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378dee33101---10902756721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents/files/fujatakofujoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nonstopsushi.com/uploads/files/4195095508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/9846964840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hermanosvalerorecio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwafuxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh4-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/36768076076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pietroquatriniarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/moxavilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisleri.genefied.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewiluzowopatulumozusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/zerazitosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rovitek.com/userfiles/file/92131114497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/zuwusikusabinijezeruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinruily.com/UploadFile/file/20210901064913554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/wowigazukajegazubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/bevesulisesipojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ef857bc53---31160832372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/25722585760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/bumufiresurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03431b7bed6cdbf2745bae8db34b590b/89322631061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=android+online+emulator+apkPDF 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_off0000ca80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e292.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE292 16940 bytes
SHA-256: 937fbd532396677adcd6574d4d3deffc63ad611d45588fdb2113496a4914c061
font_02_sfnt_off00010e9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E9B 10560 bytes
SHA-256: f0ce6fa35c289e5ec8a311dcbece021c87c91e95b50c4df2ca622373339f21b3