Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca9254d630953a0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 11:43:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 4345eca990374e374097236480896a1d SHA-1: e5dde96880353d4225252bfd837c29ed3df5c39e SHA-256: ca9254d630953a0eb8134a092d742e27ae4adc3170b7c2d09b3d6835bcc5ef05
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document employs a social engineering lure, specifically a 'Browser extension / update installation lure', instructing the user to install something to view content. This is a common tactic for phishing or malware delivery. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or link farms, suggest an attempt to distribute or host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=formal+reply+letter+format PDF link annotation
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076331eb6038---32872088441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1510d13cf6---64667920559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/rovokafeketad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7eea0e7bf---90910732673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e9f8722f1d19f1c1f45d3617e9fb429/32804377909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/21792642610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/211cfcc958d30ebb217c6a3d7033b881/watinubaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ec42b91d9bb27da147cbcf4eb9c646b/ranilowebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e4800996f---ridipavipasobafitafutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/gopome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0rgmhk1ledu9fkj8en7mf31s2b/61825453778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c36215dc3d9fc3f8dd91b900c02e3aa4/pizoxadekanilusegekonop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7481fc1f036cd694424776502102966/12578881930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/zurovofininajabavoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b276d90480---mewaxaxorokabudajon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krossinkeuka.org/clients/c/c6/c64aa726effa6776341672ea469011e7/File/60351998358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/teranoluwegawumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dietacud.eu/upload/file/sewanuzumuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-21/20210621072658806274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/jodaken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/79677452772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briarcliff68.com/clients/71184/File/75233769719.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_off00010499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10499 19696 bytes
SHA-256: 34d777ff89eff79b5a4bf1cb0eb6bac4bf4386544e77d45ac0d44a6a859cbdba
font_01_sfnt_off00013639.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13639 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 0dce04955540d2ea08e42e9555d7d1fb3f0867fca7113aae3e8a8f7078053633
font_02_sfnt_off00014d4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1