Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 959c3d2c8a70dfd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:07:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1b3b0890b1a63064154c04ad7d2293e2 SHA-1: e522471b25e7a0dbec1b19fd673305c34f3c0389 SHA-256: 959c3d2c8a70dfd511729f5413b2ba786b72ea0849c35ebc0b6626915dca71b5
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates the document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command, a common tactic to bypass macro restrictions and execute malicious code. This suggests the PDF is designed as a lure to download and run a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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 http://apsons.eu/files/file/39369535733.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/75800875633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n468hdqm738ivftqo8cl0shn96/dafozakodinoxaxibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607295cdd75ab---mefuninader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb2f1eface5373690df3d0ed49b2dce/minigebopekigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/60458925178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfb3maed92u930dvrnp5ig7bo4/83711986712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2464642fc---tebupubuzopedipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210601_011327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c979a2c76e5ed6a44f34f56dbd62b2b/82270947516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/ferifaxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71861280552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0edcdeb14450d309d02a6b6a65862a68/20058470115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2ae136be10600f8b3fc4921ee1516f0/49297652886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8a1c873b7---12566787554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/letunub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21285165173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/22660866266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1485c7d21---53175633571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/nowodunatunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blueoak.fr/image/file/40197802028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oversaslogistica.it/file/93016016227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/25263103308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/vinelavabalobugoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+cropper+freePDF 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_off0000dfe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F7 9944 bytes
SHA-256: bfa531f88758112e458b448f59e6a5812358aa9bac37f6d12739fb9910224825
font_02_sfnt_off00010e00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E00 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 81f0480af9b5d9549582384f62c233b0abb7d0122f451c35e2a45cb129502cea