Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0181f8b81db21074…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:48:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 919f7aa15eb9af3b88682f6311614e90 SHA-1: c13dff5bc32512d41de6f80fd633aa5225edfc2a SHA-256: 0181f8b81db210741ed19b821cf536ec54aeef1be323a5ac01997006304e274e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farm characteristics points to a tactic of directing users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nhahangbienhaitien.com/uploads/files/99572627353.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tideandtigers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zomalozurod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca085ceae3---38851773999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaronandanthony.com/userfiles/files/24887066865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventensis.lt/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogarinibifakiziwisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6fcef30b27e321fe3a003ed2be36630/nujarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/panaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d81f558ed---94536723383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f23e3a2126---nirunukolugugalitevekar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6df8eb2a31f064aac0d12bbefddd362/toxutafumogivonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gefowonovefobodozazosolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609849a304b57---31411040543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8975cc95b79d00b21ec8edcb1b4c1f47/vilunoxilufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tajesink.com/Uploadfiles/files/zapopazemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spvi.cn/filespath/files/20210830194410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986b5f69759---lumowibefetiwiboludijuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856d0c1d7d4---gizuludopabuwojuxipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/7818983055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2h5bukolsnpfdkaat85hul3h4/sixunutitetoguxanedimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fab9ccb2d---nunodagezuvexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/tirubudaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signauction.net/userfiles/file/76981718371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zochrot.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedezazude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/17544516335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94a8c8fce40a0c17f3ec16c1ea5b4db5/navosakavejipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=contoh+proposal+penelitian+hukum+pidana+pdfPDF 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_off0000fcd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E7 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 7ab9178b536d69e1aa208e93a675f5c391c58cf95c47ff7df500438bdeaee626
font_02_sfnt_off00012e36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E36 17860 bytes
SHA-256: cc8be3ca7a34bfacd035ed859e07506f279d849bcf2c0b1914f79de89442a8f9