Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 365121026ed1e08c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-10-02 23:01:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1a5e9541b4e9fffd22788ce181630d5a SHA-1: eece48e58421c60d66cf9351d27882de5eec618e SHA-256: 365121026ed1e08c2a2b802ee9ed69cf8080e47bf321dc52411e7aa9f7ec5285
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users into clicking links that download further payloads or lead to credential theft.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=website+with+math+textbook+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://dootion.com/data/attachment/file/13359893534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dayou.tw/uploadpic/files/202109290446021911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flims.atelierleuthold.ch/userfiles/files/54098365836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ablerexthailand.com/userfiles/files/velekofegawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/kapamarilapajosugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/17748689648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aceold.lrsinc.co/userfiles/file/sesuluxizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141be98ab4c3---57731256129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c86dd66c46---72586279014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135cbac31b32---tejirekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://website-design-company.in/dev3/damodar/ckfinder/core/connector/php/userfiles/files/simawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37504872415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bfcc90734e---nuseximazapidezibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.net/filespath/files/20210921155413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinismbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/68037393650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio2.com/contents/files/vagevowasivikezojoravagud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjbfjt.com/upload/files/74418873623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/junuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolamanna.com/userfiles/files/58633276884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416944e95ad---kebebemelom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/waxulivudapubelilowabul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/20479429514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckv-siemreap.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89844839447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownfallschurch.com/uploads/files/9186724107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speedwayinfo.hu/uploads/file/35740024417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/zugebe.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_off0000b331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB331 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB48 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 9d9ae3cdb70e914757293491b75f0697da168c11ec395d80139c41a486324cca
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E0 14100 bytes
SHA-256: d5ef84f1020731e4c18fa2b17e1084a554449701b31acf47f3a4483dc0632c5a