Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a62d682447e1cb4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:15:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: bfe5949779a09841505a28ac232fa69b SHA-1: e9b63b18091b75cdfac9e4a390a06dd45eab7ce0 SHA-256: a62d682447e1cb4a587a28c780c526b70a8aaf9481fbcf5e303d4a9c38135bd8
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload. The heuristic 'SE_SECURITY_BYPASS' indicates the document explicitly instructs the user to disable security software, a strong indicator of malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://interativacorretora.com/fotosempresa/files/13396106495.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pososajojimutawizadupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tm-africa.com/beta/public/uploads/cms_filescms_files/nikavivuzoxifezogurumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40709319550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itcck.org/upload/editor/file/35270560745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeusjtu.pretty-match.com/upload/files/39943379182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/31480219262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ailizia.com/userfiles/17003316217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/27693013447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pantonerestauri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38536714401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/files/nizefisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b85f569bd2---senufizivilokaxitosupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pidelolexexepuvaliver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingcom.edesign.fr/gr33/web/uploads/assets/file/dajanawituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bkj0vb0ef0onia95iaerrn85s/mupus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonbinhduong.com/upload/files/wudonubogepava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asmitahrgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94215869112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacausedeslivres.com/userfiles/file/xanakunurupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/toxoxakimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/bufixogaranefonubujozezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e13db7492---fopofij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/fagugaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triyoga-tv.ru/userfiles/file/46014241902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morebricks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30193983959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb16a7837815f2b9a116092dd778b788/21372311732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69017924343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-hj.com/up_photo/file/migig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=crash+bandicoot+ps2+download+utorrentPDF 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_off0000be9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE9C 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 06ec8d5c413faa1fef2a58f2d8435480dffcb1b2745ced55f1468493dd09ed11
font_01_sfnt_off0000eda1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B8 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 66cc4416e6fcf09850d786f0f178f81b61aa8c7caa88d6ff581379d39f3565a0