Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10481afc1c1f073a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:26:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7be4df403ee41e77e0278776325654df SHA-1: 20c09cc974da9952e13c7115f05c332791070b8f SHA-256: 10481afc1c1f073a6a3e9ea70041bad519a9625d9f320224d8fc06ae0a4626b0
172 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 to potentially compromised websites, indicating an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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
  • 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.
  • 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 http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/wonabad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/dijogatifuzijuvukarikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/64502590260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/wutejuledeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/18306039072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8099d6aef---kekofozizowapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/56784818980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2f6d889524dca93263ad3c767be1081/31402546246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3e519ea49---kuvolowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/70528551601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f1407b4947cd44596c2e104cdb9c9e2/68699503587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bioadv8v5k0kopnspmsndaorve/rozexima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/fowiwuxuwakekunana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh5t6vc2sak596tcu775d52g9v/meredixatenekukiwavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/72592578689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ad140422c---35080013100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floral-design-lindgens.de/userfiles/file/texikefoxazusizewiseno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612abd9808ac3---1108742176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23013d35ad584ef0703274c75ed0d215/dodedajapipipiwusisafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/49096482816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/xijiwimenakegemufakerike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1b1dda1772---xebaguwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610876e91367a---kopegalinep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/titamuxetofeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjm3h4jnfb1jqshhvtde135g3b/80020359003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=caselet+di+pdf+ibps+poPDF 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_off0000d8ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8AD 10460 bytes
SHA-256: d83d5aaf7b1a9e4bd43de50e2db9f05fb85e0830139b7695eae57fb5faf8a200
font_01_sfnt_off0000f04b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF04B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001085d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085D 18164 bytes
SHA-256: add4be76f014c12d7170b6e5aa77d48ce9c94e632529fe9f90adfb6f9c915ca4