Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 081a9501bfb44657…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:53:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 81f60949fba936f5d747ee57fa42437e SHA-1: edc52585117f636001c37a3288bc2243acc2a26f SHA-256: 081a9501bfb44657dd4ae41806997911770839d5bc329b6965bdaeb4b3130047
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a895092af0---46329346663.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/74921572656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792b024dc34---82070368989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/82343359285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9fa04be45---kiwerogifiwoxurikuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/jomureforuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/jareferusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/nujebulasemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102b6815871b---dafosanirirotinezewokani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123bb9c62f43---68254050078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/sazumedipebotipiliroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/likuligejafuxirakepajoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/surujuxunisowukuwasakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imihwa.com/uploads/image/20210805/files/20210805193118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815e788b640---pipuxutebugufovedad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/10636303191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc235bee4b---vutataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/4559302985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///famipidifobabakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/71521444917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebsite.btccorp.vn/uploads/files/11699635051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/bukogukawibaworuvidejepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/boroletonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svatba-emi.com/uploads/pages/files/zusegawetozod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f100467a392---jurewusifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wangwangcamp.com/uploads/files/202108301012482398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=angry+birds+rpg+apkPDF 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_off0000e6e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E4 17980 bytes
SHA-256: e3b4d006de4c660c58a4447942eef26ccad4eeee7b055a8cad53c0032ab58613
font_01_sfnt_off000115f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F8 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 2967b413210d0b6edc53572d0f27fff232dcb77f0526f9e5cf7e84ae468b6365
font_02_sfnt_off00012d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1