Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbb93e72d67187eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-11 19:27:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 83565d30cf72b266aa1f89195b0b1aec SHA-1: 14e623f3d4badbb28add7166c19068a830791fa2 SHA-256: fbb93e72d67187ebb43d045aa58398b709fa53075f282141a6153242a70c2736
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links designed to impersonate the UPS brand and phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these phishing URLs, which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=midnight+sun+%28meyer+novel%29+2020.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=midnight+sun+%28meyer+novel%29+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d70fe058c---lipuzefememolalupikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/797no9oq9hhgrid8emkk5o8moc/69251483176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/40596964609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18494436609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87b59d93b0---7817635019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607771365dd64---kifisukujadiratixotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d25231ed853---kodepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/padikaxejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/97044564448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/jexugezosuxolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aghs.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jubekepizarife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.studioline.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tojezib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4f2946b641---xufalokizomodazadakoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/2087315860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bfc0268a9---mexafujidamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/sukodiwelipeluzosogon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/15288857083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/finemisunavari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrtaspol.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gadefodosugetuninumufosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/53177781841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/vopomutoniragerijone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/jalilivabuviwowavukox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/99927504190.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_off0000f020.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF020 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 97beaacbd1a5875c887c91ed153fe6f06b8db0a964b6efe6bb69271de0b0340e
font_01_sfnt_off00010a18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A18 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 0a706bbf6b3edcec19f1a2a3cbce5e36308afcecff619ae781c42d8ed0b9e7a2
font_02_sfnt_off0001378d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1378D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1