Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f836fcb024baadf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 02:15:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 52a7dc2c5e8f1222d3b317bda9599159 SHA-1: 5ac869ac635ad384047e1e89a0b8c8ab80777f24 SHA-256: f836fcb024baadf2f02968d96a14528ad9323c8ab54f2d3b2485d1584a6d9fc5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs an image-based lure, a common phishing tactic, to entice users into clicking a link. This link farm points to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=season+5+release+date+my+hero+academia PDF link annotation
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/fixixurofoselurewezime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/roladukabimajeteboriga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5udua.com/contents/files/turuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/8125705394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroytehcentr.ru/images/file/31375415210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vominerafofoxometo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarissoft.com/img/userfiles/files/40662930329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f24f6cc544---lamonofamirakidezadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bongkartuantakur.com/contents/files/ritokuzutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodobashi-church.com/jidofanisazumozokazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dautuck.com/uploads/userfiles/file/45191135406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161423eaac9514---nuruwegugufibaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyermekhaz.hu/Content/site_images/files/93392873195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovituruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71580935393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.dubaimotorhomerentals.com/uploaded_images/files/mawibaruvuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xagosoxipeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/22741452649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kubuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614260eadf297---90028230388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/59419147553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettocecinacuore.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/patanavoguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blhof9r4a904g4pih1g9ok0flc/fabetaturuxubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613343ec1ee52---71971286907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcs.umontreal.ca/upload/files/mimuvadopawexazosudoj.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_off0000afdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFDC 14148 bytes
SHA-256: 9b141e5142cd145773c50f3348c2a9df9f790716436689ff86a0a5a241964c4c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d35f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD35F 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 81da5dd93dbf9eaed02cd7170f3a72287af082347f65bea4db98cb762869366c
font_02_sfnt_off0000eca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1