Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b855f6f23ce34630…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 11:35:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 66dd168e202dcd302b408debef5c8578 SHA-1: 9de38bb128b2f523cb688320d45ad4bed76c48f3 SHA-256: b855f6f23ce34630d2879f8dffd78d1b67eaf3832eccf02b9e58d26e6cefde8c
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV confirming it as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised websites suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+idioms+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64681664949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/91418448411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ee3307818c2aadb40cee47dff8e654c/90270588117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://threadworx.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/80957495237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunapejinowifojanot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/50486311549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aias.pnu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/gadagawenibuxotudotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fogume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec0691a369---dudedozalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitacasa.it/images/file/dazivozegugenixuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1d1ed3517eb0995cd923c60e4da4544/gagulakavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentistvanpatika.hu/upload/file/zuletufuxomekolelatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfasttv.com/uploads/files/pixabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bef2a4d79---59949889594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xszhuhai.com/uploadfiles/files/83677154092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/kijalozuduban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frisch.ro/files/file/fumefixisunivuxubobilitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalland.com/uploads/File/78077452531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/24012944235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2017.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/letekexejixatabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xetaihyundai.net/upload/files/kobuvuraxekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/49593482796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a24c455a76cf762a98f7e2e40334f6a/xagapirulinegizami.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_off00012335.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12335 20132 bytes
SHA-256: f711920b350478faff7e77015f9d9241b3c7eeebbe2e5800143b26201f74fefd
font_01_sfnt_off000157c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157C6 10684 bytes
SHA-256: fb6912e3dfa2a510f2a17c93d51964d5e2b0b3e4a03f69cf15ccea53040f44fb
font_02_sfnt_off00016fd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16FD8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1