Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e768cf161cd06574…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-19 04:16:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e08aaf81b1739b3026da31b3af8f59c0 SHA-1: 0ca63d75b8cfd80e37189d9531c1f288a62b8a9f SHA-256: e768cf161cd065747cc91a6568c70dfee586ab32cf338e3009b313f4a5176a7a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to install a browser extension or update, a common tactic for credential theft or further payload delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggests a phishing or download infrastructure. The document's structure and embedded links point towards a social engineering attack aimed at tricking users into executing malicious code or revealing sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/rinatotutisoterun.pdf
    • http://svb-volleyball.de/userfiles/file/74697061211.pdf
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/90050818793.pdf
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/96167655259.pdf
    • http://thietbiytedaibao.com/media/files/bosibinija.pdf
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d51f45821f---niramuvalaf.pdf
    • https://mosallaesf.ir/uploads/ck/files/2607307903.pdf
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d789125c731---49173975478.pdf
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aef8be148dc8a29213e978c65152d5e/navedelel.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160954df2a6dbf---limitobasibajufi.pdf
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fivnisk3ne0oas8vnlchcm0e6/23977562670.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160937f3acd08c---75278461425.pdf
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/zuzavoregitufav.pdf
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5889657d620b672c98183c9955e66dd7/lolidijuvatimejasopebedu.pdf
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7608de1110beeb3b7b9d8d2fe53af81d/mixuxajixozizam.pdf
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d12vto8qifrq4v6s9f54mnj11m/97611299221.pdf
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/gakowobu.pdf
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/ludonigex.pdf
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/82061616231.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f85d55b90a0---26450951285.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4581c95c2605e03f4cb62d23308d019b/dujubaba.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89fa0632af---bubitozefijofobagumeputo.pdf
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/30824935249.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=google+chrome+for+android+play+store
    • 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_off0000e1f7.bin
17b89a26ada9c3949531ff3206c4d02ff0a4fcec83cf00b34885284dc77e91e7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F7 17300 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e80.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E80 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012697.bin
a0862defa96523a484f6d16c9ed0587d78923322d7ffe21abe0e3b7daec83d52
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12697 11220 bytes