Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01351d92daffaf89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

154.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:03:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d253737dc750fc1bcb43ea6e5414bbaf SHA-1: 8a84462c38f213b60e83af6dc1469cf9a834002e SHA-256: 01351d92daffaf8967f7ede7cb0cd951dc74b361c2387e375904287eac66ff2e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, with several heuristics indicating a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Embedded JavaScript streams are present, which could be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

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://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/91936184138.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc8061497fe---budiviwexazagopufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fdc14ae033---zurezeduluje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zerling.eu/nico/images/files/nagirasifewarovasinim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/xijutarofen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balustrady-metalik.pl/files/sodinaziro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae530922c68---kemegekebureluzuxowolok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/42444609946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e8u5g47l4f1h42m0579cujcsd/95345655350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/77405949607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f0ddea1503ad148b1d5918844b51521/92349223369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/35084456866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/kigokemokekevezobotipox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcae5d4dfa1---webitilegesagetizaxoxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a862dc07ab0a1357982fd22a3426850/70222403186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d0183fd82---56976588058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e74eb2550---54647343950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6eb8836ed---nibasorapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgmorenanews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bukevoliwivoxikaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/girebido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36dql9i1atllqqg1on7ht51e2e/tilupebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/wofadetonebutagowoguvonan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/fowupusileke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2fdf61a0f---fatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5i5s8ojrbf1lsvtk6lc38a2q6/fagaluganuvidakosiwotutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/golokodirejufidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=piano+string+instrumentPDF 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_off0001f5ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F5AE 20068 bytes
SHA-256: e128ee69a859e9106a5c2eecbbfab0d8aeb720f50d526e030bf8c3f8e8781f2c
font_01_sfnt_off00022a78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22A78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0002428f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2428F 10508 bytes
SHA-256: bf9437df15799b1066a5db833fa9c715e4a729ac1f995a1b37e5f0bf519d6d57