Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 927aff293ebde505…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:48:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e7d5ec98f5775d927a0fd14eaae8fd64 SHA-1: 83b23dc6634e83f3477571eb803786283af820e3 SHA-256: 927aff293ebde505faba80df82e79c52ab815b1759ac13400e1e1f986a66aacd
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URLs, indicating a malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it is a phishing lure, specifically prompting the user to install a browser extension or update to view content, which is a common tactic for credential theft or malware installation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=application+to+transfer+data+from+android+to+iphone PDF link annotation
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kemegefudosiveradinijum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7cf5b26feff2cb11117bc99752dc4c3/39854623642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc-israel.ru/upload/files/47361738974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/wamekarejalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74474193965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/ziximuvekoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/tatuzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f4a4c2589---jefowedonozanepezufijiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikaji.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74375097115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicare-darmstadt.de/bilder/UserImages/file/pesid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/sodude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/vojivokogegud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11440899400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/94971550104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210904000222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/15829705161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/zajopirijolowisazujivewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/kezogavupaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-bbc.com/upload/file/molawirevuxuzamejodenuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/watetifofobekabuwunomuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614523c7c99da---savutilugolotidutatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28917991035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.net/filespath/files/20210904132249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrecchina.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazadexajuvevorinonap.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_off0000dd9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B1 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 8da98ed8b940cd5933ac98539185b9c360a88b5a588fc822deceead331d24320
font_02_sfnt_off00010ea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA7 18120 bytes
SHA-256: 86f155adecfb9374b30eb5863e0d36db5a84153295cdd879819be9f96b14179b