Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b09c31f30f37d866…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-25 06:57:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5b1037419b5594059b7071ae8e826500 SHA-1: ab17fc335e63b96e6f27e16b770d0bd7ac8c22c3 SHA-256: b09c31f30f37d86682c9ec86b1f4566034499e35bb6ecb94842274d6b93a30bf
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It employs an image-only lure with embedded JavaScript, designed to trick users into clicking links that lead to compromised websites hosting further malicious content. The numerous external URIs suggest a link farm intended to distribute the payload or redirect to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • 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 68 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.
  • 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://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/riorqfcjjmdvabn7b3606uguc2/vogamugebixafofomivabojof.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144228572995---19341270748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/lugelibigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/userfiles/file/46071517739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139dccd778be---xakifalivuwitowupurazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andreivieru.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jafipili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookmyexcellence.com/bookmyexcellence/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratabewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsungwarehouse.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/busirekebekijoxesurazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/44163237418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/34399572281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/53591703379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614305f225467---143336725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.com/upload/editor/file/59013406743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/bopalavikokivexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lupimowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/47577648782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b65827b96d---rilufujevufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/33918128787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b208cb5ee0d728fe7fbfe4bf8796d9d/xepidinagamitafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/kokatovexobafajixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-10/20210910132939502531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/lemaperolifuduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=car+driving+simulator+2015PDF 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_off0000b0e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8FB 11084 bytes
SHA-256: b7af32d8bd02d0b3f89b8b9803c9d16deaf5d5c2e0990f354d2cf5e943ff3b7f
font_02_sfnt_off0000e2bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BD 13916 bytes
SHA-256: 47145af521d380b6a88b9665dd6c3654714eb6904efca5dafd2c0b6a12e5b989