Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad7656d7f1b4bdfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 21:57:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e36ba017f389df5922255b9e6a29bfbb SHA-1: 6da4da673e12bf6ee21d3bcfb2d57e73c69dd9d6 SHA-256: ad7656d7f1b4bdfc9485958c5e80659eb2cdbd68b3c036982c31e32a6863c3dd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and heuristics indicate it is a browser extension/update installation lure. The document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the overall pattern suggests an attempt to exploit user trust for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • 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.
  • 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://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3f455b56b13f1d9a96a0941da0841fa/gimorujekofifusev.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/42367051140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4da1a22554---pekafinepigomudupipuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnndf3msdlk15sptf4egmf9jq2/kijuwisekalagasibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/go8tqa22ipc09gc34vi61fd4ku/nigizokojanijapoket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpmcfamilyreunion1968.com/clients/83891/File/zugufegipefufobin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/wetiwajes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec314261a6---16428349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/3004377601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5i9j2d5i7jcge1jch1ur6p8viu/kafomebodunirixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/wexadalajozavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/464j5hidkps8okrurohpg4ehmj/10647193777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8b51cb815---xojogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc55e1fe80---ribixubotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/kimuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc9fafe1c3c---69637022424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.net/images/blog//file/64986069614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee3cbf7e9b5---walevodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/jarupamudewidupuzixozugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/61055229311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/telumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d327c6eee2---zirejabuloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/38513725458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/4022683401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+notification+bar+iconsPDF 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_off0000fadb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADB 16648 bytes
SHA-256: dd17c2950ec0e03304affb6b7939b521e4015dcfe0e33e2b6584048500f64d7f
font_01_sfnt_off00012660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12660 10624 bytes
SHA-256: baa3cfad7b527746b160ed2113917542194f7f0e2c7ece1cff430c3bedfb0d4b
font_02_sfnt_off00013e69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1