Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e01d0db2039dd942…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:02:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d38284fbbbb9caae0e626451f2ffb2a6 SHA-1: d2585b89ca8fe04ead610a0acc2b08a5942b9b11 SHA-256: e01d0db2039dd94282ecf97bcf99c3e018a542f699e85033e03f9b020bd2d272
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The 'Image-only document with action trigger' heuristic suggests a screenshot lure to trick users into clicking. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 68 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=information+system+design+and+analysis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6c1i2oeiv40hm6sluitkkbm20/rotekevuwetojawibijevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/xixepamikekaboxigizafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/20614302471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/50007483730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finopibijatomonivesofas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/165770207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/44867931118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rorafapumonibovekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a6e94a045---bitetawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/lotenavesofidiviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinspirations.com/clients/75274/File/47242365336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96741678547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a3551cb472a6073f34b97d77041f4a6/bukafuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hocikto.info/userfiles/file/31464352201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/15720481605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///55663982479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahidnawaz.com/UploadedImages/image/93365644783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldearenales.com/galeria/files/21176550819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12c1094053dd71f8074bc4a23be9e06f/papexofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/mutulopeforekidebobateduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunovewodivuzoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lkofdas3u1lo07i51lggh16q75/diwujapuzukesizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/50155056476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--lenachatka-57b.pl/uploaded/file/jiwajedom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/wutanuluwirarakudin.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_off0000b182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB182 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c999.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC999 10908 bytes
SHA-256: f106cee7f19b31058c5e5041efc9c66bfb012dd2f6b298f8bd88febd5419f0d4
font_02_sfnt_off0000e29b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE29B 13612 bytes
SHA-256: 6d204e12ce7246223efbf6ccd5a389ab7fe69c93f0768bfa4a208f338ce399a7