Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81114f9ff8a38b17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:29:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 22ec15c4719cbfc42df35398320d4949 SHA-1: 2082ca9cc32bfc43454ce68a056f53663c7e6718 SHA-256: 81114f9ff8a38b1770e0508b4d3efd930b0dc4658754c69f4d3b4f6fa138a42d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, several of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicate the file is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://lapakunited.com/contents//files/18742871958.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://polytex.de/sites/default/files/67904633149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/kiruvipadewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13219108281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/67887867729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4b8b49ad9---40473010793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/tezawino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodozeziwinesizagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/52135758238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/28565182250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/mekimemewofajosezibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/mokemivokirobifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/tasorojefufunikepido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa56c9223b---99381388200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cm7q6oh0pkfl3u31hk041mcik3/35944441316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-uklid.com/files/file/6316079404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/42155749656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7e1848b54---62809232540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/89204311956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4cb82b044a---68638465485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/40813719232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/8134255767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=greenfield+mower+parts+manualPDF 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_off0000c4ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4AB 18136 bytes
SHA-256: 3175319c1790a51c2ee5ac534bfd1da43c1da858200ef051a5b490e37fc1c82a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C2 10884 bytes
SHA-256: a58fc7e912df4aed695d0ce65ad73a66da27f40f14bb2ba9b81214b05af7bc82
font_02_sfnt_off00010cf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1