Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 281d07efd03aca31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 11:43:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 887b299ce829a97b383e043a0166300a SHA-1: 18d217e8cacfdb432a3b7447a93d0c55b4595753 SHA-256: 281d07efd03aca3197686a459326cd47905764bf23da8dde38d1577a8add3446
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm. The presence of a direct IP address link and algorithmically generated URLs suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=group+of+bulldogs PDF link annotation
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__613DF28158957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27389158251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/76529796400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0elhmc0pl1gk52f6aj7hoe91c5/17071050334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142b0f939a9c---dajaralozimaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostaninsaat.com/image/files/10311290134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2eu6onu56dr6s6olshv1trcrv/82208215000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/vulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalbi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/darujofatek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f65f7d4bd0---20967254592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcsfood.com/images/file/69013145797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/wopiwefakogajimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.142/~bbyacht01/upload/files/29235459459.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://templeton.sk/userfiles/file/dejurol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/godusosulelopadowiwera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/masisusajemewurezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyleliquidations.com/userfiles/files/lawajapojitanure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongamold.com/fckeditor/upload_files/file/tewuraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af87836e2fdbe37d90c72cc2eab2d8e/6000587793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canoe.ro/Extras/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefalekiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97626723274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/822d285f5e3c041a89e312f6eba1b0ce/talixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/28677389057.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_off0000ebdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F1 18240 bytes
SHA-256: bc696172a870050ad0a52e078f4cf4cbf06b21c009b24b93a1d73ef8b4b0c58c
font_02_sfnt_off00013369.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13369 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 9095fca07b390da759bed4bd520841c24e1f58643990e60ab67f7bbf749cfef3