Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3f1634bbbcabc4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-18 05:53:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 188653c8ebbcd2451e450888095f4c72 SHA-1: 3397f2a811404129fd7be0d3e1a77a606fd13c3a SHA-256: f3f1634bbbcabc4a76ad1ac667f35fd45746239017cac4a46df8804055801e81
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a ClickFix social engineering attack. The document likely aims to deceive users into executing commands, as indicated by the 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic. Multiple URLs are embedded, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a distribution network for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jereke.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/17292557017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldway.jp/upload/board/file/pugizokazusolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56db4ebe39---xapejuzifefanete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a76c381bb13ae66ca16432bfdad9faa/94770795477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/15797846944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/67416284102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7c2119d15d601e802b15b9452a03000/70525606618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4703244d7---14881166643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/sogopasemomuwazubujepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragoniresorts.com/userfiles/21727436045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/rerawasazoxigasopotulokew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mt1jco0agofatak5n3f49e8p64/53563287569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/mopevumunipapijif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/80832749261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/lugenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7166867.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6740508767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90d696f03a---gipujuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4239dae31d---20009219757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviteksural.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28099829383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b40e8c19b31d9256479534a59b886a4/kosekomoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/39606510704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64929669604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/98560545967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=force+to+shut+down+pcPDF 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_off0000e75e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE75E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF75 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 5faf9c50e058436ba62bb3c71dd0242b0760f96b4b1217bd13de626123fb74a3
font_02_sfnt_off0001173d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1173D 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 8e737b5001e8b1719f5e50775c990aea6da603c71830d3b68c5e8bc01f3dc7f5