Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2b72739f5888318…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-15 12:11:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b54dc1f0b60ffcd9371dfc4ecdbb4fea SHA-1: 83187c51ccdc5878fc09305220bc31b4c3678637 SHA-256: c2b72739f58883185fd125e894c222bf3b6ac884ba6fd3290c5df3445dc31848
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by a machine learning classifier as malicious. It contains multiple links to external PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The heuristic 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' indicates the document likely prompts the user to install a fake browser extension or update, a common social engineering tactic to steal credentials or install further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://stabiactiv.com/userfiles/file/gutarekekusotubu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/fijunemimuxarixusoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc12f1dfe2081aa7fe704e7222607f93/67491776059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/38637532494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/29710034660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700dac10817---2800765748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b50fd686dedcd1722cbf2e3dd438ff/95465305808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/11120670124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/77147750961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/24620212202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f691d55beb---bojafirikuduju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photou.cc//ckfinder/userfiles/files/wixirufalidivagonituzutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/luwotevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/87042395058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myconnect-thailand.com/image/upload/File/marer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee7363c5f2---kiwisizujimituxovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/44863565880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/tokig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dlio90rpck3am37oja277u5sa/zapezitasezerexibalenoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608796d42d815---3253277108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50df22376e---getavekegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf03950e40---tuvofuvosibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/44126114286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qkon.ca/images/file/xozugutovodosimexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=square+cash+app+card+not+supported+errorPDF 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_off0000de30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE30 17572 bytes
SHA-256: bd79244a239aae6bf31a8143440948f8dc46c0b947473b1879db9ff464807597
font_01_sfnt_off00010c41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C41 10796 bytes
SHA-256: d4eec53d2e031390509719adb6939c9aace076afc83011f8ceb2a4e41ab18796
font_02_sfnt_off000124d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1