Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f45b316ace99eae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:22:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ff8b4e16179b54767d94ddf1137c64c4 SHA-1: 2921cf26c9ba64ff6cd4650f3619414e95ecdc41 SHA-256: 9f45b316ace99eae925dac34dc8801893639351cc105f6b109af5503cd79c636
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, some pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it's designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content or executing exploits. The 'Browser extension / update installation lure' heuristic strongly indicates a social engineering tactic to trick the user into installing malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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
  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ricevere+sms+su+tablet+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokijogigafabixotokorexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chulatutoracademy.com/chulatutor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaropesimuwuwugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/xivewobaretalaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieseam.org/userfiles/files/31099170578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d3f9da395ee96a72ffdbb9b56516922/1181796424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/fedidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdi.vn/userfiles/file/11774565938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/52281625261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/6641112072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/xanaxulutedenebidodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/masujalavupobisuvonab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interno-kazan.ru/upload/files/1632529815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/josodivozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.mktechsol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piwemizedole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/11737716470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smelawservice.com/file_media/file_image/file/vidijakujolabiniwonedatuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/47741301950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bussmann-tiefbau.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81615014171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/fenogapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141141604ab3---sodudeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubovufaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanoihome.net/img_duhoc/files/37635881779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aukshanya.promosing.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41963689866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundreamz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161439c33e5d71---49431488888.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_off0000d80d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD80D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF024 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 16cd07c4a7f199a7c14c6bc1c369ffd794b3e8b67ab765abbcd49f487daf8380
font_02_sfnt_off0001094f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094F 18352 bytes
SHA-256: 13b6baebf20b3afa1380afd2c37fd0cd88e9a4c8d0047a1166db4535f3120f81