Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0331e14b1241bbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-11 13:33:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3d19061d7bc5ffecdc0b21a0ce138b99 SHA-1: 18e45d864a304f0acb1751bd8c112fc0de64c32a SHA-256: d0331e14b1241bbdc59162156e6faa2bf811f64e65c4930901edcd0f591a6bd3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+downloadable+games+android+phones PDF link annotation
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/31142665119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/37654157281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywymc.com/userfiles/file/vowesabagejiwawajulijaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/ruriratikujomeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elai.kz/upload/2021/09files/210909013027729152npxgp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb4bd39393---31095617695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traslochimontalto.it/userfiles/files/luxekulenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balaton.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/lawovosutojusagetopuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpiequipos.com/assets/images/user_files/files/bawilevomaxazifefobilozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martan.es/cenavarra_userfiles/files/pinopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniradioweb.info/userfiles/files/popariwoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ud2p101grhj42epmmorhgkghrq/34811972112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofiledogopijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df11c64b43b06059e2cc14682c9f221/75302473568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eunlocker.com/Images/Editor/file/vuvubovotekowosowaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/41128691776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wojczak.pl/userfiles/file/79154569169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c5fb1eafa7---pexitipopazabugogokupoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tysons-cafe.com/uploads/files/buxajusofejevisuged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/32270807855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a915a204d4---29798549304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldsocialistpartyindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minasinomanovo.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_off0000e0b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C5 17440 bytes
SHA-256: 3dad9f8515057fd8facd0656e0d9499243edf3f1260ed2a169acfa20099481a3
font_02_sfnt_off000125b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B9 10944 bytes
SHA-256: a20552f2079fbc27691936a66b19af7cf2bfd1dd00c35105db98ed614f9cd9fd