Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec64e95c1fabd9d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:52:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: afa517a3b88672e49c92c14d937d7adc SHA-1: 2fadab50861627e705c0a04befd6baed41d2528b SHA-256: ec64e95c1fabd9d564679a72517e01458f2766dda6e957d2d8e066c81578e830
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and heuristics indicate it is a social-engineering lure to install a browser extension or update. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload, potentially leveraging the compromised CMS upload links found in the heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613611a32a93b---vidalimadovomu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29803376289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://italvaping.com/file/babibukasuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b99444d81---90397536107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jenan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94304651136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuhua.tumujike.com/assets/upload/files/202109110808463466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92432183566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/75439149895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fields-on-earth.com/images/blog/file/moxizalipefikoviku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/15493833955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140cd512df4c---30907344440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanhbon.vn/media/ftp/file/watidavoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeditepegumruk.com/userfiles/61490968498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-shodnya.ru/upload_picture/file/44601034824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/66851878639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oembag.com/uploads/files/202109181307308383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueleaves.ru/userfiles/file/dodezozepizenofegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30027727273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tskrea.com/userfiles/file/vokeriwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimamodelleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dafilorebonogotewonevajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tovigefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/fokurezuxiwezevewupezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/435141435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303fd421738---mebudebexuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevimotor-rock.hu/files/files/wivaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=legit+free+robux+no+verificationPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF78 18120 bytes
SHA-256: 62d8178f4cda1e97e02525678d57692394c3f9ffdbac2a724b29880e1ecd974d
font_01_sfnt_off00010e13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012620.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12620 2132 bytes
SHA-256: 8ad1629d78958631526aea0a74d0b163a5252944052d54f78beed5240939c1a1
font_03_sfnt_off00012fc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FC8 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 2383f391fe54107d13bb87dd00dfcd54dcdae51875d3b3682d83c4297aa3e678