Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d314e69d57e26f65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:15:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 64630bafe0926b372b6e4ee8c6d19ce0 SHA-1: 7a9c0c378bc79c6946a27067ac8e4e2b76e30830 SHA-256: d314e69d57e26f654f9325e6a24cccc410ef79c0b17e31a4c808f935e0ae3d85
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bahria+building+by+laws+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://old.smartplus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapowofoforukoneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609490a73de7e---21555865737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40822812572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/bidabisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeharringtonhomes.com/userfiles/file/guzemuluxebitikolufura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/gowepoguxumeruvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeon-dev.com/uploads/files/202108211003012533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/58258613884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/dodidusugugokik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/30820982833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volnynaklad.cz/data/file/91666335408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/jotalomavulubuwifowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/56431383925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/60807769920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenfontaene.de/idata/47809918872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62389807793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87307481223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-pushkino.ru/upload_picture/file/92463590610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6380f207b---jijoredorekovudipitomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e15hhditl2qjt545cgo42ceilu/61265931520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c040d33ad2---90983278596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.com/new/userfiles/file/bamuxakatozufogogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee1d5bd4639---kojer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/99307537859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speculatio.in/userfiles/file/fabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea9da2cda0---16347635862.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_off0000b8b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0C7 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 9e722671d04e76dda92af246656b2ece21fcd2fb3fb5dddc4d062d95b05af136
font_02_sfnt_off0000e985.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE985 16800 bytes
SHA-256: 63d14e59975c4b8ea67f0025f60fef3c37f74feee872d90a8edb680118144408