Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 203301b568f4bd09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:48:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9375d7f882cc7593b34cb3ad743543d8 SHA-1: 734edee64e0419fc81ff864f15ec8eaf2e21265d SHA-256: 203301b568f4bd095ea398669dbc95b2408933f09631acafed7f85be5e7dba27
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of links pointing to disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a "download button" lure and ClamAV detection as "Pdf.Phishing.Trojan" strongly suggests malicious intent. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with a high probability of being malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d8b95ab8bdbe0132fd15f7832fd32bd/tipalesenibupijokabe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/90352581339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/rorolaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havadisname.com/upload/ckfinder/files/7522463815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/9832150787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb216f9b4bb9f33b8c4733d9551e9d62/61724808315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/10086768187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kukubara.com/zdjecia/file/womupazipipewavalaguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jayeonrak.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/remikix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yorktownhs1987.com/clients/57482/File/jiluget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/tekopudarakajipuzuwulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c39870b34---zusoxuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieucoingason.vn/files/veweladasasoxutixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carroll1975.com/clients/4/4e/4e2b018d07aaa5a30c3e4fca1c7a8df7/File/zujologigatanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210905151352211213w0vgk7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcrainhwy.com/uploads/files/vojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/rulatudejuxinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://literie-depot.fr/UserFiles/file/78317093092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tktravel.shop/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210608_DBC57FDA3314BBF0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107db9532aeb---wasopisatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/34682006944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608379cc542a4---jumidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kipia-nn.ru/userfiles/file/jonedufimorudomupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45d02c2aca---28542873955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///julex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-ex.net/userfiles/file/xemabagadunojufenezodaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atya.eu/files/file/rugajabugigaser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=practical+approach+to+income+tax+girish+ahuja+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000cba3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B5 18264 bytes
SHA-256: c7668053bfd3ca73c0c95b6f900f36018795a293d9488a1bc8dd5de7ed58a6c3
font_02_sfnt_off000112a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A1 11484 bytes
SHA-256: a840ad9b0bbd2348ff8b43be398888e1b58edaa9ca8aaea42131e8d628246641