Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c678dd8fd901e8c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:35:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 52526dd36c6d90696dc98fec8d87899a SHA-1: b1f53296bbf440c41a55d1ceb293692609208e92 SHA-256: c678dd8fd901e8c3de807fe65216cb012d2977295944445c8b19c343a6a80abd
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing and social engineering attack. It impersonates cloud document services and actively lures the user to install browser extensions or updates, a common tactic for credential theft or malware delivery. The numerous embedded URLs point to various compromised or disposable hosting sites, suggesting a broad phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Cloud document impersonation lure medium SE_CLOUD_DOC_LURE
    Document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft 365 and asks the user to open, verify, or access a shared document
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=upload+video+to+google+drive+from+android
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138accbeafb7---xukulofukeretamidubutug.pdf
    • http://djpress.pl/Image/files/kivavawefuxebimosupudip.pdf
    • http://gelinyuanyi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914144619134397.pdf
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/8255641161.pdf
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/17798033193.pdf
    • http://tnslib.tools/userfiles/files/melagovorukavekigagok.pdf
    • https://eminentland.com/admin/userfiles/files/pefuxomeso.pdf
    • http://mama-care.com/UserFiles/file/34564099813.pdf
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/61423376140.pdf
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321507cbd7c---60732425673.pdf
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a18c0c1895---zenaxefelunikasefizep.pdf
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c5c8c38cd---47693766154.pdf
    • http://idcla.net/upload/files/77765521770.pdf
    • http://ranchobg.com/img/file/sufenefa.pdf
    • http://nutranghongngoc.com/media/ftp/file/45282175104.pdf
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/xovubakurokitesose.pdf
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/zapanepivuwizola.pdf
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/87710948178.pdf
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/xItnaDHf8wVAAJQL.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613316a5a45e0---jezatewuxi.pdf
    • https://vrindaindia.com/php/joseph/uploads/file/viloxibiludavefuja.pdf
    • http://yung-shun.com/userfiles/file/12563069416.pdf
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/78961097909.pdf
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/bekolizutigoxixiwu.pdf
    • http://reopen911.info/media/file/67068414033.pdf
    • http://ippinnudon.com/uploads/files/dulexa.pdf
    • 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_off0000f040.bin
aeb6835101248596d729642454523608f6fcc48807dafeb4c8229579b40ce484
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF040 10744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108b1.bin
9b7d3a36e46b832edf53a550ab81ae09ab6ffa666f1a9219080a1aa110b86f1e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B1 17592 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013622.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13622 16792 bytes