Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b229559cd25529ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-10-01 09:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: aeca519988e6a3e95b3b004578592ca7 SHA-1: 999d49137b019788d5a2ae50341fe8580d69d5d9 SHA-256: b229559cd25529acfd904417ae0e6dfb5a68004ac05e0181b3784051b0eb73e0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and embedded links, typical of social engineering tactics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs likely lead to further stages of the attack or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=oscar+wilde+libros+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://lachina.cn/upload/file/marurosulezole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmarcofaedi.com/userfiles/files/61556895038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c99549144a---niluxakiveminomoran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615395c5e171f---kufoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomancini.eu/userfiles/files/susalipoled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metamorfozyayincilik.com/userfiles/file/85409291419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f071264e58---82075017856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangladeshceramicsociety.com/uploads/editor/files/wixivovigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20161487334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/bopogumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejijiroxukalagojaluzonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idealist.ro/userfiles/file/95930849602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/55990602586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromowane.com/userfiles/file/27617672504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinashop.bg/files/17229303472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/getezada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b5e75888f---28531661306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gndpta.eu/news_objects/files/newupigujejiwuren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xy-interior.com/uploads/files/202109050433041144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrator4you.cz/UserFiles/File/lepupagazotadojonepexano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoraccessories.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/jupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolonauticofavignana.it/userfiles/files/gejufabetubidovutoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/wililumosobajofubudazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae8ea76b5f782906ee436fb972f05e1e/gowigifixakunexif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcyy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gazela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/651114761.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_off0000b241.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB241 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 63bfc0a641c1e069bf920f193c95804f55e13c20fe800f80bab5c9d8c2b4344e
font_01_sfnt_off0000caa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAA2 14172 bytes
SHA-256: 791e49f9914b02d7dc5f67aa92bfaa3aa30897a19e7a53692c6cf0fb3ee7e1ce
font_02_sfnt_off0000eda6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1