Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92ec7aa112a82300…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 17:18:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9c3499a37fc8fab5f372e390146e5e93 SHA-1: e4a117f4b13d324845fc085581acc58e14f94146 SHA-256: 92ec7aa112a82300bf231db575d77bc0361d9f77f3aefd5953dd98180f16b657
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, some of which point to compromised CMS uploads and link farms. A critical heuristic indicates a 'Clipboard command execution lure', suggesting the document instructs the user to copy and paste commands into a shell. This, combined with the embedded JavaScript, indicates an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ML classifier also flagged the PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+windows+7+support+uefi+iso PDF link annotation
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/lugetokili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cieplej.pl/imgturysta/file/ruxasasurovejitiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisinfo.ru/uploads/content/files/21855860712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/fixuduwanati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/235eada09b26be862780bf45981b0b38/37879718080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/928748a95f4a9961d4afe95797e79bd2/vogitofulegutowutivin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/87962052298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accl-calibration.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fesejew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/gobezatoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photopuzzle.net/userData/board/file/woduromalujiwimujifupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/nemusojudunutevek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395fb185e29---gibox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaziemirkentkonseyi.com/upload/files/wonazituvetibutidijubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/40990818586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614143e303a5a---8101920297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesen-und-schenken.de/userfiles/files/43971036397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basealimentare.it/webroot/files/fck_uploads/File/batowamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogaarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/sebuvavevunugasenado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laseragevoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/zesibujojaxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///41521356716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71848662591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fa8ff986083012d49ddead94178b64a/wedogajoputikujirepeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brno-skoleniridicu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tosumorowiwujukewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilipawatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xoweno.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_off0001043d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043D 19172 bytes
SHA-256: 65640b4b828544debb935bfe6f6996fe7389db789504bf0a64fe6ecb9ed1632e
font_01_sfnt_off0001365f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1365F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014e76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E76 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 59d9bcd643989c4fdaf99f8df9ddebd5dc1c3568090fcea381a6c58f99a13df4