Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c188a3be24a6ebc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:32:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ff8b8c71a62a31173fd74a439cd3356c SHA-1: b7204fc0d8cdd0a5f5bb6147b3e7ae5ccbb6c878 SHA-256: c188a3be24a6ebc344def24d63a4117987adfb7931e3f00301198f1ed8badbcf
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing an image-only design with embedded clickable links to various external URLs. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 8

  • 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 70 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+generate+pdf+from+excel PDF link annotation
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/lolalogetamadeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9db9e399cf---vunigaminovenub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qian-ho.com/upfiles/editor/files/nawemixufutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083179c93471---9228452303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rg855b0u8k0ul734gkhvd2sec/wamawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e511c510ba---15364012836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3sakfd70vqh2qrdhi54a1mapo8/bizelukisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91daee0480ef7c7d3c11b2d76376cfe2/64994496482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81d21c2b6432f738a978127e17b61a99/89620872615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8rl29hf21vgo8htu3aao51e9n/pavikijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmo9c8e8bu6eripb7b44t8lvl4/sizafosobomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55724371461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a465d91ae22dae3292d6f9d2354899d/65042796875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///2021717182159416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duz-drustvo.si/uporabnik/file/58524202755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/11432761226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46899843989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b658d35125e---legufuxenojixafiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18f621efdd---zixad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/on8eiid9kig4778s62d259db41/68649442797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/mawasipimoboxifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72659866316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniqrelation.com/userfiles/file/kajejutemalibaluza.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_off0000b9cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9CC 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 8c439dae541ee39560990d2f3f87b05c89a2dfbc54a7f7619c701a0e4c62d29a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2CB 13464 bytes
SHA-256: b9a31917c2dcadd5bd8e03ceb635c523381bfb4279d02f840463d856bfbca66a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1