Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 913f2645195cf820…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:46:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 178589447ffcb1377a11abc204e6529d SHA-1: caa7c60c3585572254504478a04d0b68588503bf SHA-256: 913f2645195cf8208c49a643534e2885057d5b56c9efbe0675e4e6f6f2deb9a4
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URLs, some of which point to compromised CMS uploads. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates a social engineering tactic to trick the user into installing malicious software. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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/7tb206v9uf86vp08fmuchbk9ug/88994224288.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://homestationrealty.com/userfiles/files/witovejofula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091fad822fbb---sesititusodobeles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d40a90bbf---tukotatolejugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4vdgei9k9vkauhq1vc1pdh7e2/10800776189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d9f6f836bf3204f340bf635bc60c281/44682320472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purifoy2020.com/clients/1/11/118d8b7ee1ea4bab8fb19da95c56260f/File/makubatobavudotapurig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckrepej.com/upload/file/10084240783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dacc44591e6cc85a719db7bfbe91c97a/kinurepikita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jslt.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89788563601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/88753896850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb48f3797b2---53564212537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ee277d1b0---4986337022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/8384853917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopedrazzini.eu/userfiles/files/sidekuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/jufukozafenubufurosamalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/mopederename.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0e5a1cd5d3---99336284557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8842599151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/80253535582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/88368808973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myvideoclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/wugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/77523529880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watosaphotography.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210627_211521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=epub+converter%27s+kindle+to+pdf+converterPDF 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_off000106f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011f02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F02 18232 bytes
SHA-256: d024059946761f9f1fc5997513972d47cedfdad14d4d704119f889021dc0abbe
font_02_sfnt_off00014e3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E3D 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 49b4c89bf6f01159794d3517b0060f45649230fe1a54703ecbafb91232410188