Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f63c2ce481e20b99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-09-30 11:31:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9202cc75ee575fdd3c4681fe4fbdf3a2 SHA-1: 0c7a839ddeb5c75f79ec54e211e7911a1d9a9934 SHA-256: f63c2ce481e20b99f198b79a03b7332e69e258ed64d914c07af32f505f39f34a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a common phishing tactic by presenting itself as an image lure, encouraging users to click through to external links. The embedded JavaScript and the numerous external URIs, many hosted on disposable domains, suggest a multi-stage download or redirection chain. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9851

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 68 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 http://yibetter.com/data/files/60941430740.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/27015210476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moderncarrent.com/user_img/files/56494856289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddengemsbookstore.com/userfiles/file/piwexugote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cukimentescukraszda.hu/files/files/99646692158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szemvidito.hu/sfwkr/feltoltesek/Images/Image/rivakawasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210922232707189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabunwangi.com/contents/files/toranetuwemugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbinteriery.cz/userfiles/file/zoxaxedexivir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebara.com.hk/ckfinder/Zenith/userfiles/files/5609976504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/muvogukowebumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/zuzalijifulotekumavixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baove247.org/upload/files/71236880445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/wenavuminizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150c37dee9f4---rinojilidazugexera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://receptlap.hu/files/dibifapubinalajeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/sineritijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b1c82abe6964998dbdb959faa528d03/9963432344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/23680502887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/51929598582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airin.lv/images/userfiles/file/56844149881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweed-trans.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavojofowepowenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d2d79048b7---99918619347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iscelenie.info/files/file/fosuzidululonojufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/4334069113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetplus.com/userfiles/files/61558336073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=apk+to+bar+file+converterPDF 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_off0000b0fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c90e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC90E 13776 bytes
SHA-256: 6284a293d7547609fb19b8cdc0547a29165345dd36f7a98c38782b725b0e611c
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB58 10584 bytes
SHA-256: d4ff8a92dd3c8ed3002bfd2e8ae5b16527934654b4d1407e1d1776a5f601bd18