Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a138c1095263b9af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-10-01 03:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: a157cb7048c7aa483a0de11c856c11cf SHA-1: 939ddd279e9a74c59fa4c47304066bc95534b3ce SHA-256: a138c1095263b9afae623e82f6f6439f0d63211e00763c4f131c228c1a95f508
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It employs a common phishing tactic, presenting a fake browser update lure to entice users to click on embedded URLs. The document contains embedded JavaScript, likely used to facilitate the redirection to malicious sites or potentially download further payloads. Multiple URLs hosted on compromised websites and disposable domains were extracted, indicating a broad phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=puffin+browser+update PDF link annotation
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/numexizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53bcae5087832f5527c04bd353179ee8/71334469153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/pebuwogonovipegefoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montesantangelo.it/files/files/59331796261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614463ddaaed0---8615295346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/tatawozuvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pjteam.hu/uploads/tasidisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382ca69d70e---39414241668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7798c14b56ccd7275d69e6d76353ee4/vosewuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnwealthy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puwufamemabepezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15831062341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epiphanych.com/images/file/folagazegusizufed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipsupply.ru/userfiles/files/gufurorerari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/876057144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukkies.be/userfiles/file/7955511742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/file/gumabofarizeganedevere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingcom.edesign.fr/gr33/web/uploads/assets/file/sanedazowama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40291567195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomnuocebara.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/pakexisolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newworldss.com/uploads/file/82265189417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/wiviliros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/7156820442.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_off0000b0ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0EA 14228 bytes
SHA-256: 4214ed1fea7c648bbf98ac970f4e89a6e8aa79b07f76d6928bc6bc2f4962dd11
font_01_sfnt_off0000d456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD456 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC6D 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 7a3bcc8c1d1df4be080ca55c8afd5db08efd4eb2ed458e5b41e8336d19b8b73a