Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a210974de5575aeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-26 13:08:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 89964d67642f5bad0e2801129dce191a SHA-1: 2b305de7fa34adc2113e5ef126385ab7a1d6b2ad SHA-256: a210974de5575aebed28b64b66214bcd0af060ecf5cebfb2a5353103bb809e1d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with minimal text and containing numerous external links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs suggest the file is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious websites for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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 69 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beyblade+burst+app+spryzen+requiem+qr+code PDF link annotation
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jovogopuzefujilefowaletig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sithome.com/upfiles/file/20210925052639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/lipimipawozitaxibutapeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/wikodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/fokenomalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/sofanututaguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d48423023e28f1ed83d10bf7eb16df3/25255295243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cities.com/blog_images/blog_/file/44036502357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridare.ru/app/webroot/img/uploads/file/191810_mibajokipixekobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/files/farus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/88391937843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reckdance.pl/userfiles/file/nedinibunupotoropajavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133624b4eb12---70213711885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madhubanindiancuisine.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/75585575843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/63996318854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buludativepexoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionriverside.cz/files/file/pikozaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vzwsportenmuziek.com/content_docs/wepikefidesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/44868090110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cc1da4b8bb2348f8ee7287c017cb9f6/82164946000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kudamatsu.org/userfiles/file/ruzupesujekilamutuzonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5udua.com/contents/files/mabajedukagezetasapefakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5390f2ff01a88e80a4a73bd8bbd79a5c/9083564757.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_off0000b06e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB06E 13992 bytes
SHA-256: 470ef23a576d76861cc219ba8790bae5f3e97d8a9966d566686dbe577c387052
font_01_sfnt_off0000d364.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD364 11288 bytes
SHA-256: b0f57c495d6891b137f059e2a6e7c227b0fae845bc2af6ab8a3a09ba6164be16
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1