Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5463a377d49e864…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:36:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bb2c1e8f529e00953f291e936360bb63 SHA-1: d4dbd481c53ee2b41058bd0783f485afa5df6b9a SHA-256: b5463a377d49e8643a510c1b7a0c0aca43f0c58ff7e55e344d2bc97f5888b0ec
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to trick users into installing malicious browser extensions or updates. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this by attempting to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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.
  • 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 http://abwcockeysville.com/uploads/files/tirofewejozilid.pdf
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75367642356.pdf
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/42676116234.pdf
    • http://floralojistik.com/userfiles/file/bovazebumu.pdf
    • https://siliconautomation.com/userfiles/file/merupeduxewabixebix.pdf
    • http://cokhiminhhien.com/media/ftp/file/51494949087.pdf
    • http://opersan.com/file/77448587772.pdf
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/folevexegenizumuxunipop.pdf
    • https://keongracun.org/contents/files/18793628200.pdf
    • http://mezon.jp/userfiles/file/wivexuv.pdf
    • http://pcccmiennam.com/media/ftp/file/79128114180.pdf
    • http://kyea.org/imageuploads/popuji.pdf
    • https://hsiaoying.com/userfiles/file/lunipazigux.pdf
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/vitedijidovija.pdf
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c032baeaed6606a23e7f308eb86a6ba/37292587414.pdf
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/1244501705.pdf
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/rupusezajuxilotozekojo.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3oinh30q3nfos1nsvubnnq99if/powipidefogejozetu.pdf
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/wanelafamiviwipal.pdf
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/nodijazuxifoxaridum.pdf
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/23614557622.pdf
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents/files/30955349063.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140298fac9c1---todajalubidutodisubox.pdf
    • http://rkmaster.ru/uploads/files/17379436536.pdf
    • http://pyroglobal.sk/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/33205809025.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+transfer+android+data+to+iphone
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f954.bin
bc67c5259fa829c79b26e7d72cb2705a28b8dd6582dcc451a6795f9b16a06a5e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF954 17508 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001269a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1269A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013eb1.bin
db1f7b7f42e85e3f54472cd080841f192d35c2ae1f9d35f5c5329bc872a885ca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EB1 10628 bytes