Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4e508188a189491…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 18:18:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c49f663fd653a03f5927e389fffdebc0 SHA-1: d728bdcf78ae550d24e7cbc96e62249a129acc76 SHA-256: a4e508188a1894914a4263679052fc85641e2cb72227bd85e69efc385322fbbe
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The heuristic 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' indicates the document's content is designed to trick the user into installing a browser extension or update. This suggests the primary goal is to facilitate the download and execution of a second-stage payload, likely through the embedded JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dark+theme+for+chrome+on+pc PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/zavipimobig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b066166e8c3996aa470b22c04348a9/13510680268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/36560850530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratememozekevixawadugino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovekhucongnghiep.com/upload/files/fubina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proficlim.ru/public/userfiles/file/liposubusamuxafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/wotejutavemiketuvipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyberbirddog.com/userfiles/files/36513062651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/widowibimadakajigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409352156b0---daribuzoguromefonapizozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93416721609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imoroz.by/upload/file/taxiwivuwixijevudegimuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjnep.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bonulunokilexurikujakulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takipcisec.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nimutulupiwerolubebef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/garilevagokotinatetife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bburago.info/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/38225223148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/71559712953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rainbowprinter.com/app/webroot/files/file/38303860379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/kezepurabapinukeporotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/98318015757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309ab94911c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/zififimovatozinunegasaner.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_off0000da8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA8C 10532 bytes
SHA-256: c610e9f7016ff9617af44c6a93f65f655856b40656ad52a81394b2823edc44bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f25b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF25B 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 357f00fa15a135d4cb3281eb5a845098ac4d755ebc519262f8cc682d4c21279c
font_02_sfnt_off00011fe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1