Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 288bd30360b4892d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 06:10:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ff2c18df1e58969ceef0a782947b294b SHA-1: 7ea0c8504df60035b303748c81d401e701eedbba SHA-256: 288bd30360b4892d58045f78bf082bf360170f339785b1f0d11f03f17682af43
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage. The presence of a visual download button lure and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mini+military+hack+mod+download PDF link annotation
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cddc61f1c3---1676816297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceiling.holcom.vn/webroot/img/files/53811972856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8ac644daa---zajozexudubogizitizox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upakuika.com/img/file/42464103230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lauraestetica.com/userfiles/files/rudolivuxerenemozubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5026215854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelpour100voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/24180215565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergepkolcsonzo.hu/userfiles/file/manapogizogosuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aatmicscience.org/asuserfiles/file/nomilofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents/files/61097382100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsaltsj.com/uploads/files/lofulorotagifinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/3381043517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powerliteaac.com/userfiles/file/45097411613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/dulazexatagivigubojujuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.fr/userfiles/file/bizoxozoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/46131681353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/UserFiles/file/70426367443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sintsprev-ms.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zapotoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/28373424427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saterelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/sunifawowiwogebef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midospa.com/upload/files/zisepuzaxipurefeninevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5kahvml25rtnm3up49v1iv625/14746669527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelsk-adm.ru/files/uploads/files/zuxumipuwimubus.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_off0000b404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB404 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 078f22be204df622d1078d0710e651ccb136f8981c337a449628bbc6b30ed1cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8DF 10620 bytes
SHA-256: a2d9b2367f42f63a755fb66466fdde8858a75f827a808da1af538d2641e8be6f