Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3cb4363e5f29c4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-30 21:13:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 01501b6f1a26caa75dd6c500cb44bef7 SHA-1: 5da1128c19d94317a9a3bbc0734ce7d86621be9d SHA-256: f3cb4363e5f29c4d5555b3145d8d49d1e0e852c1be7a6d37245a87922ba40172
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a social engineering tactic, presenting a browser extension or update installation lure to deceive users. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to download and execute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 9

  • 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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=spider+man+unlimited+old+version PDF link annotation
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4538e840c74175e3d1090ab184faecc7/20763020870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420c9e085fb---rebikumebajabaneteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146e302b489e---mefemapaxigusowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mekongtransport.com/upload/userfiles/files/tisuvuxawobodenitomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92132705132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ministerium.pt/files/muzadavapevelumepileket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolataggiasca.eu/userfiles/files/dakodojubasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebd8987a096d3d144cfffb9443a4fab5/liwodetijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunexim.dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fisefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11500289887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-25/20210925100031642452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/wubuvoketalurofulesosuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myepres.com/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/18748115158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangphatdanang.xetnghiemadndanang.com/uploads/image/files/laxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://disonde.com/filespath/files/20210917132317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/noxipizuwukijorezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meritumptt.pl/dokumenty/file/debufopebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/vajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/31152434200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vuxiwokivad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/2476160924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/17311192506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunofiraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourguarantees.com/userfiles/file/15800428806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mimpiindah1.com/contents/files/63078910330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accessnepal.org/userfiles/file/37820861876.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_off0000b499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB499 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCAB 14124 bytes
SHA-256: fd5f755c19018fc4e16a9d61409e509bd3e413e335850cc55eed519bbc253c85
font_02_sfnt_off0000efeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEB 10792 bytes
SHA-256: e636aa239c7c2a4ea83d77d0be8f73e6b1cedad6e75923ea4eff765e8ef75efb