Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e541331819222acf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 12:00:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 86ba30ce4c6bb3f316aae50ec278c2bd SHA-1: 0c930601006dcda61511db4985ec7b294e5eab1a SHA-256: e541331819222acf4261cf4f3be8c5114ccf68bbd53ba62533697e53ffad2dfd
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload via the deceptive download button lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/80012054442.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/65398984247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccjsc.vn/images/uploads/files/23940120040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pjteam.hu/uploads/52882787197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145598f9350b---soxoraxitizubefopinaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/woxatebiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6r1ueqm7mgtf5g216sb3i09mp1/71809793848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imoroz.by/upload/file/sitinoxudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madspot.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93538762778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161441f93408a6---vuxuvisuwizujuvobove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a32ca3c61effd59bc7ae75dfa2543b03/92281959575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/modolulapagozaronosov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rougeindigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35200669860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/69437149197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/25590319994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-plaza.com/upload/userfile/files/91061057973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/xasuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/napirofalitasagituxajawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlshixiang.com.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2915980937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-muehlacker.de/data/tcmuehlacker/userfiles/file/72566833524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/73499380226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/veliporedumivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/sekexoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swvocal.com/data/se2/file/femejogisofexulete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/84002696859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodonionfestival.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopezoxigapanokugijim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/aded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dark+angels+codex+pdf+7th+editionPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ee4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE4A 20104 bytes
SHA-256: 2f255370c7f1610a4a0620712f74d0a0a22145155ddb4297b4be610eaf5ed865
font_01_sfnt_off00012271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12271 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A88 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 9656ea5db149514232783d82a55280e43b366e22a50892fbaab6e8d0f1ab98e1