Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fbc156041cb5a1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:16:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f544407553eb9f9a9fd5026b6568fd4a SHA-1: b23e385b427ed7f343d4b99c5b09eb61e859749d SHA-256: 9fbc156041cb5a1d9632e2331feedbe1f02d2a72fae0d6d98b3b72f545a0ce45
276 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

This PDF document is flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It employs social engineering tactics, specifically a lure to install a browser extension or plugin, which is a common method for credential theft or malware installation. The document also contains a link farm pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 http://webursitet.org/Files/file/bijavilowa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://siamsnail.com/media/userfiles/files/47209394927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b879640578fc7a6767347bfbd8eefec1/67626720066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhongzing.com/uploads/files/202108131837488089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48f9319c4b---81937949497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mftelhas.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roladekuzafawumenakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m23p6v8ppcnu2thuqachp4kiu5/jobuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5d8b818d2---25727000804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posinubosimasiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfef9e56ae6---89470934923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f7374259bd---80456443997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/tuponukexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbe72846b44acf6f2cee34669ba52535/66821808902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/299075037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/56117354401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072785dcf09d---10711700305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/jipalasaxipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralatravelpath.com/uploads/file/salil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapsda.org/SapmaUserfiles/file/22514464573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f9d5350d7---84375393608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0sgase64ee917m5e7t5f9gcf4/nuzepobovukero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=modificare+file+pdf+protettiPDF 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_off0000f56f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF56F 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 35dea32fdf25df4e3dca3d783e9f1571202ef25ebcba9e85d84707a405f3c106
font_01_sfnt_off00010cd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD6 18920 bytes
SHA-256: 86948f6dd69ac8b0ec8b70acca4f38536dfe184ccd08d3e8110173d2b42dbc78
font_02_sfnt_off00013e1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1