Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9544ae24e1af2b7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:33:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a083c428b070092aec57f0634eb781cd SHA-1: 97c78001c37f4866da1be9c1db252a542feed2bd SHA-256: 9544ae24e1af2b7b456b0a020a35c63e8db76058dbd21014fd918791d9111dd5
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a fake CAPTCHA lure to deceive users into interacting with the content, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggests an attempt to host or distribute further malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the execution of a second-stage payload via embedded JavaScript or other exploit vectors.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=find+people+fast+and+free
    • https://legouic-peinture.fr/userfiles/file/67754637484.pdf
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94886aafafbe4adb0f918c1048a3e367/69276095206.pdf
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgmrd7llffuf4s2vttkuklkc8g/93526490609.pdf
    • https://bojovicsirogojno.com//files/nuzasukorigejegukebaxanub.pdf
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd99279abb---mijevexapezosaligibul.pdf
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b007d28be26---fejikijorizawulis.pdf
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/lugedobobogusekolugovisoj.pdf
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/zodeb.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a3b0c14da2bbf7bc17851c477ee5c3a/rawonevur.pdf
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents//files/xolaxevejatobekoka.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee5b998241---98049730360.pdf
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/40506960278.pdf
    • https://infotechb2blite.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/44595330270.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/462a8dc9fc0141e8c3752846218b1797/totalevojerenolepikawova.pdf
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b349758f526d20b4b93e6ea7d832129/gorevemolefijusuvoleva.pdf
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb55d330020---36980514423.pdf
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbbfa23223c---mozobudusapumino.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce742c5f42---laziz.pdf
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/62214748628.pdf
    • https://alsharqcc.com/userfiles/files/vuzijiligovesewit.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b28bbc270---weravelufow.pdf
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f939930fe9---dedexiwotak.pdf
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fda810831d4e0c67ce5c2af6c9b91633/winijoz.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bddfcfcf135---70361944531.pdf
    • https://evboosters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d679d8de3597273a6ccab0d9f9cd9e5a/gotolevujepamezoz.pdf
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bjgems7m0ldapo1g1nrt6406eu/xolelaj.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df8a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7a1.bin
5b00a1da29d2f4d0118d17b7576d402c3aa8b8a639cf8bc35554f7e597519d03
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A1 10468 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010f73.bin
b60a406336134b1e091c66b0d5c9664b176e22a659e0108dda58fbe9cefaeeeb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F73 17028 bytes