Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81657b3ddbf61513…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 19:02:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ba08621e67128bfad7f9cda39dbcbc87 SHA-1: 028cf4f49b384a0a45cb40917fbff7f4b427eaf9 SHA-256: 81657b3ddbf61513ae378938c4c0a4e4966fe6ac3bff69d6684e3523a704d17b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including links to algorithmically generated URLs and a link farm hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and a high ML classifier score confirm the malicious nature. The document's structure and embedded links indicate it is designed to redirect users to external malicious content, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=case+animatronics+android PDF link annotation
    • https://ojazzdance.fr/userfiles/file/75184064395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-42351dc5a6b3.prshots.es/uploads/userfiles/1630508545/files/gesafivimupokojunulobedul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstechno.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/52099068580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/16172220581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filippodelvita.com/demo/userfiles/file/60294332348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/files/9331429615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herbwaterthailand.com/userfiles/files/xivipogudoviwerigozemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2n0ldu3kqthag6bfmemijvu704/duwiviwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbc1f55c2bb17d0315e8e70b740ac831/51722277614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0516.com/userfiles/file/20210902145838_49pfz1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kechengchem.com/upload/files/78650921015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/31006404190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135038eb7b86---puzapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/4640867783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobelboya.com/userfiles/file/janajukoxusunobexikizuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74752723476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlinhchivietnam.net/userfiles/image/file/32878869510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/4701770161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcolono.net/userfiles/files/vifomadakituliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indel.sk/userfiles/file/juduvojajofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juncheng.tw/upload/files/5463529986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsaimmigration.com/userfiles/file/18849912223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90afqerdlt1f.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88721726373.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_off0000bb80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB80 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 9485b28166e1958ac1d22651e57c1c4c6b59565db4974800537cca7c06a54796
font_01_sfnt_off0000e696.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE696 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fead.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEAD 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 4b8b88e2c6f34aed585d033fd5656074cf752e8da3c59be94128adb1506a13e3