Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7ce318fc977e283…

MALICIOUS

PDF

148.2 KB Created: 2021-10-20 19:08:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: a4d604e562e63cc1cbbfff6687aa670a SHA-1: f76068ad0b3248b5cdb20130fe6ba07dd6c7847b SHA-256: a7ce318fc977e283338e05912c04748613bf7d1cdf34af09e898100b35015f20
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including ML classification and ClamAV detection. It contains embedded JavaScript and impersonates Microsoft to lure users into clicking a link, which is a common credential phishing tactic. The link farm heuristic suggests the document is designed to host multiple links, likely for SEO poisoning or to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/cmwvf4RlXg4/uplcv?utm_term=index+of+shooter+season+1.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://kk-gorenjska.si/uporabnik/file/31768308168.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://safetyassessmentsolutions.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuwajido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacionamigosdelmarcaribe.ong/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96877797042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ae27fffc7ef96d0db6dbe352ce39a7b/90102819112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tostonet.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenivodibenakoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66878591665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.com/userfiles/file/kitexirakuxewusana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ags-car.com/upload/files/xagipipabasavukeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontivo.ro/userfiles/file/13313125379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/57642865597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorapeyzaj.com/userfiles/file/51497620553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2951146444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fac5a65bdf---milawafaxosowasevibiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimatifutiditar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30921660065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161454c52edbb6---53384334042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kit-veron.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vidafevuzuxasizokopebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/rujikuriduxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/42412402403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ggbris.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/fixox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.hu/editor_up/gokalazubalawijuxifinulap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/kofowelovotila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/cmwvf4RlXg4/uplcv?utm_term=index+of+shooter+season+1PDF 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_off0001db98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DB98 21324 bytes
SHA-256: 575bdfe3bf81bb0d09965ec795a266def7ec23464652c39a3166f68af6d5b307
font_01_sfnt_off00021374.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21374 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00022b8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22B8B 10416 bytes
SHA-256: f69533c0b1e01dfbcb1f9ec95aef45ab42c38a56662003b3beabb99f6c398a02