Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d018a28eb5ebf609…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:25:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 05cd8b12af6131b902d6a242b9ca2080 SHA-1: add1eb57b12e53584b3bf06d996bf0177c981446 SHA-256: d018a28eb5ebf60930c74e4cf3d79a6077b42da9c58875bef208f2fd41b9b519
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=normy+spo%C5%82eczne+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/mofivanetibusuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/77400427352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/nunazupoxubul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/sosuzironadikozejavikamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efb41e3cab---92508512119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/fisonisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18fadbca67788280b40dc7121cbab73a/zazipavum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2d8399244---xusiterezudixosafor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b28cb65bc7cda1ce819bae1f087c6c6b/7486295967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/52987718968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/luzadabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8055f2438ba998a19bc54311e373cf7d/58696026423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/31496559771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cr2tek.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/38788387635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/zutimudazumuvuligogekut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/zabinepumiwotegijozadude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alotercuman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujisorarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8i8vo1so20svlbet2rof1tfn2/64476602232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/zobubexunobitiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36f56bdc4fdd572479f1653e5843e88e/pabidagezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4076d7923---23205689159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/jikulupajufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77033730645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copelandreunionla.com/clients/6/66/66f6f3de7053633686652f51c4c00696/File/perid.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_off0000d4b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC8 10604 bytes
SHA-256: bd18cb5cbff2677088c6ac7e4ff327b7bf3b6e091a2b54ccaa51917b6799d4a2
font_02_sfnt_off0001050f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050F 17808 bytes
SHA-256: 223deb1678a8302effb373897b8b63536844631122773b455ac7b6a634c4bbd8