Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 281e361f0ff7a534…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-20 06:32:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: de7ef4bf047a1c472053c98260d217af SHA-1: 8acc656bf569e81482409b48b610bfe8c5eae0e5 SHA-256: 281e361f0ff7a534f9bd8c8a1d932f1e64dd6049c194bc861546a871c768ea43
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external domains, many of which are identified as compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is part of a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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 http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7ed53f03e---xibeguzutizuwozupalolu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210708_220621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kizimuzokusaxiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/13160308191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ez-surveying.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/busufegixulugulam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/warudurivugimakupalel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/97670871004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ace2a3d8a7---sananiveturerawoxiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/tewogawobejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb8675bd730---zoraseditamoligojujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtl1vn2sjdob0jo4h3p0h1gnne/51889148528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb52eadc88---suwibetapurejijeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73d2f0bf925857d0fdd6442b1a6e813e/76093906914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7g31k8omvrjgq4h9vi7l3jdhj/99992664631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79955319175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/kajuxaxirovewinoziwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/desuriluwawuvavawesuxoxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/97847510132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8cfec7a50a---16503520531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walnutcreekguide.com/wysiwygfiles/file/salew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gitisivilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=film+online+subtitrat+un+dolar+gaurit+youtubePDF 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_off0000e750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE750 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 6765d5ff0ea95eafdd6ccb9f073d809c9eec90849811084d82cfcf44a4dcb270
font_01_sfnt_off000113ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012be5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BE5 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 43b98090fd74b702a168e2be440ad97d2f59b851baa4d9d5dfd0f0e5b7d374fc