Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1105d2c129c2ff99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:28:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3c2ab703dae081d358727e96a788a7d3 SHA-1: fa3370f30e7b173c75efc91ac82edb37fd030e24 SHA-256: 1105d2c129c2ff999c8eb808b25bbeb0087aa56f567e1e83b88fb6a54e42420b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a download button lure and ClamAV detection further supports a phishing and malware delivery intent. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e766b02f288b53d90c6f2f0f9c72ca3/2798893662.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/11776374413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duongthuy.net/userfiles/file/25380073876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/gorofadalugelajetuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/nozomixixoxiveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c8d615c7adf3190aa819f8ec949c795/90354634411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4caf6fc32635b1a1602c9d4caf51cedf/sejozulolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/73036408533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/33503005294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9ffe25480---tepiramenuropij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7211d90661---bojikezinuwaxupenipuwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff7a87e3cd---laxozavafipivirelukilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccd0979d8052684825e4110421108215/12334260644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27c9757f4788badd054ddb093b85aeca/nozelajuriwigitex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46493006767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalaviationmuseum.com/userfiles/files/71391846721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/nusofekawobobagadiwaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/lonobutomoximetomifukabir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb265d6b374---67882921334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=traceability+matrix+template+pdfPDF 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_off0000e2b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fac2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC2 17432 bytes
SHA-256: b64125699fdaed11a85ea571f728e1026df8586cf350e05d74da39dad5858c90
font_02_sfnt_off000127ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127BA 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 9ba97c8b41b6fc91608f7ddae733b178dd849aa3beb4afe152326af170c5b2be