Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 972e8545387455c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

127.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 20:32:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2de7d1e3cb41c05ca53c130b62d533e4 SHA-1: 7342308f13735a633f66d1f55f6d9956d2655e36 SHA-256: 972e8545387455c4b43c42708632baf73fc37a1918e78cbac1622c8d6f27b111
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a social-engineering tactic by presenting a browser extension or update installation lure to the user. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to facilitate further compromise or credential theft. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggests a downloader or phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=simple+system+with+database
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/lanefanuxaxewegovuni.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7f9c53f58dd7a72c133cd9c7307873e/21455912000.pdf
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/86870208611.pdf
    • http://henri-ruch.ch/doc_pub/file/70789625329.pdf
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4e68f80dddfe6e688e00adfea26fd7b/35933459515.pdf
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rqtp78pel9e804ltnrrva99e1/36718153591.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/38099156347.pdf
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609637540163c---50193111731.pdf
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7758kdkp3a56kqnuoj93hvk67/12396334730.pdf
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202105210442584405.pdf
    • http://seamcc.com/UserFiles/files/navumofuxilujojoxopajas.pdf
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965bf7231db---17068513393.pdf
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef6d9ea5e99bdc64d713d7392e8018b6/pawopimu.pdf
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a95a987791---rovafofiwuweninubapogun.pdf
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/97799126349.pdf
    • http://susanirvine.com/clients/82887/File/11079500175.pdf
    • https://temahr.hr/files/patuxez.pdf
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56f6f55684c47393fa3683d5ed28f706/46115296105.pdf
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/zitazus.pdf
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58d1d0e6fca749b096b1e9d6aa085fd3/senozidaforal.pdf
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8nbb480pkckh12utk6re4m93g/lujamufarunebakola.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f913abd3a6---gufuxobatu.pdf
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a52ea342bdf---1620435046.pdf
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/gerikojavezogiminupez.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_off00019018.bin
63758c93808196a012aa70df16af7d1e71330afbfb928ca9c5c4228fa785e0e7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19018 17780 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001be1a.bin
2c8b376892bd8b3aa276c16ade312ddac7ff158ccf55ee405e0390fa98251596
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BE1A 10748 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001d6a7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D6A7 16792 bytes