Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3671ca513088985…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:20:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: da4ecbaebfe85ee92895f2cb236bfbfb SHA-1: 5cc0da364e69d046515adc3b0092b68e36cda105 SHA-256: d3671ca5130889858f47484928df59da8d7b72280e2bc397ef089d12208991cc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a social-engineering lure. Specifically, it directs the user to install a browser extension or update, a common tactic for credential theft or malware delivery. The document contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a distribution mechanism for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e27494c744a---17288334060.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/gefekazomipaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/rojupulopigalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b2bcf53eedc5287ce246b24a3f67324/89010973606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/pazadefagologif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf6ca56719d---wuzunes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/2442795272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://living-stone.lu/userfiles/files/jesatomirufoluxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/giguxukalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/44122156964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/630u4tqf7vk0gk3m73kugu81mv/70878163783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa25e8254ae---segogibonitigunewama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210710_60CA465D5E2F6F33.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upakuika.com/img/file/bejugujojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnatowski.pl/attachments/file/gixapagasepezix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hurghadalife.net/userfiles/files/pelusiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uceng.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/57017965513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af0e88a5dd8---81889562217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiteam.org/clients/b/b0/b0c4817036ef1cb73596cc935f3fa86d/File/xitenefex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/nufejeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwamukagumoxuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb4e7cde98---tipinotiwojegabuvixumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44c5439445c155cb69a91a6761580ed3/wuwenalodoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/60365680620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0babc9c50d---zodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=autodesk+robot+structural+analysis+professional+2014+tutorial+pdf+frenchPDF 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_off0000db68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB68 11516 bytes
SHA-256: c9336333a38b275c79dba08e2cf106bccd9b3c6325d004e65686b858d2a5a80a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f68e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68E 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 8f7a64c6b08609258aa92d799095cd09e5929182d82e1fa2ce25689c1c2189f3
font_02_sfnt_off0001248e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1248E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1