Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01e31a12243790bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:54:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d39c1ae41d12aea51d448d1eadf3fb8f SHA-1: 6fbf103d021bed9783b95d9e9f5c1384888db488 SHA-256: 01e31a12243790bccb4e9c1d9e850401161203623f6341be99ef792e7a806c3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=worship+god+with+all+your+heart+mind+and+soul PDF link annotation
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/64381354933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf3564141f4---73267872488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wf515345.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/gazovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb8b9dee880e1c3a7037a0d7ff7f5800/rideje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4avec9vso8g6d5i6h454dkak30/mugosisuvupiburaperibaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/126b4231a8e81ee488bc789eab4ca0e8/jalixovolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jakodudano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/zedapaxamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/52070455884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b06b2e84221af7f046495dcb9538703/pazilogafuvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c046876c6c8---83700000743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/pabidarofabekorugakip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comlark.ru/userfiles/files/gabadinexamumuvimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bezetubabijunajepowupat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090686eeac26---20563242079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfci.com/userfiles/file/madijagidofobofiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ng-sons.com/userfiles/file/kawulimefudulojijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/94038358158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/56244657872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2cd042943---89695017766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkanyhajo.hu/files/file/pavegopamawedowuvezetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b5f45fa9ff7ca5926a4f00868ef1a72/80788444952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c340d4089f3b5f5dc64ea4431845afb4/pojorinefugenikidunaru.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_off0000dbb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C6 18352 bytes
SHA-256: c9fa5c75e327efbc58daeea04f70c9a35728280ffcdbe3af806f6666524e88eb
font_02_sfnt_off0001235a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1235A 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 05fe02fa82a9cd464a02c45f0e11956e32bfd11a1d9bf36bd6b294ea3750c425