Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01e78102031e9d5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:24:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 10a87814312305ad98c855f1000f9209 SHA-1: e16d6fb8863bf90933b47fc9323f1161f896cd45 SHA-256: 01e78102031e9d5c45ac0ea5e1591c07e1a1e1e188617c4a0f948db1745076ec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://aslplastic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10126473888.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://r4binsh4h9-att.com/contents/files/vokitevezoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/zibunamatezugevij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cf6380b92822177598c90135a12a865/zaxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revize-elektro.info/UserFiles/File/siropazut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svarovanijelinek.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/supuguzusazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hp-cnc.de/uploads/files/30873329935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents/files/fusawatenolabosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/gamimefisomigiwibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundheit-im-blog.de/userfiles/file/68467620842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/90189807301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/95521048825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/35144618909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/tubedefavolivesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellibeninca.com/images/file/11619157583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/sivutofazoruxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/52122280357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303c0aeaa2d---20487350551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/63660321822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9833f19252ed94ff8c8440fd116e9d53/sotiretojabodiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.com/userfiles/files/xizegubopalopixukepive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujenemakinakisimosolata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d20bb5cbc---355586649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+share+photos+using+nfcPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/motunutadupepawitore.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_off0000db9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB9E 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 6413b37dbc4768e78833e74ae5f8dc9f7f7e1990a9982b22da390f5c191ba705
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D2 19120 bytes
SHA-256: 8630ff12b86a30df76303441433c02d9201d1a88f8d9b3f76e854fa7d6f3b05d
font_02_sfnt_off00012489.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12489 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1