Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01250ac02d602ae2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:00:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d1643cf3493208be97a8b37dc0bf2fab SHA-1: 8d21f7950b44cfd03bfb308044df1fc33d4c0919 SHA-256: 01250ac02d602ae2c8be7976507fbedee8ef207f81ff7799ad3e18057ac0b06b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Additionally, numerous links point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, forming a link farm likely designed to distribute malware or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=13+reasons+why+s4+trailer
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/87429624533.pdf
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795f5332007---dupok.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82a02b5ce1---54916829805.pdf
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/xukopalejeluzujazikalaw.pdf
    • http://biblioteka-belzec.pl/upload/files/40227565334.pdf
    • http://sequoia60.com/clients/875776/File/kenigof.pdf
    • http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/9807789029.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bcc8eeb69---81691390958.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1043pvcq23f1gchapn0e5gh9g2/24908445819.pdf
    • http://tremonttemplemacon.com/clients/862779/File/mutimiwetesa.pdf
    • http://diamond6ranch.com/userfiles/file/24085890830.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446c60860a97f91945aabeb88571a114/57570774544.pdf
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/040da8f7a5b3f3278dad804bd6f5cc26/89055418876.pdf
    • http://thanhnhomdinhhinh.net/uploads/files/vilirufabujowevuxotulom.pdf
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/felasibos.pdf
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/88306962849.pdf
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/85010259551.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghj70qk05fssk9fe35legq25j7/vuboduzoxarokejotu.pdf
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/78768759504.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ee5ea7110---xusupunisuwelikotevufow.pdf
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210618125309376433uhd35g.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841a4f1c0fb---27917260722.pdf
    • https://lysgaards.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mosidovujitida.pdf
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/69235313951.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea77.bin
0783120b9a93400ea771be32d7235a77d8ead3ad14febdaa53ad703fa834dbd6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA77 10608 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102c7.bin
c8ca547d736278ae5f1ec9490396c50eba4544e564f0a163c58d976f063de1ed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102C7 17476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000130b3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B3 16792 bytes