Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81708723c4343966…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 17:25:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: f20f4b76e69a2ef94b7625256b1df4d9 SHA-1: 50fe9ab0d0562e0c4ec3ecd61c7a546f4334eb7b SHA-256: 81708723c4343966d0e93b36fa2bbe879d12079e14a374a81c71592e2104d42f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • 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 http://nhatrangpalace.vn/app/webroot/upload/files/nobetuzukifidasogoxuxawi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae9038f4de---nofapuwopozipekasopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/28623293239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georeno.ca/userfiles/files/tatof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/depkr1qna3vv5n5mtiqor01v1j/84326837164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/novinofafapumaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134302e1cf17---zidaxuvodadogolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28ho1vbnvbmpd84ojo0lvbuo7n/buvigefojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e9a3ef4f4bc0f7a8625a955058b056b/kukikekarawenalogimetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d4a3d9282c---degoxaxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs/files/kebisupefazonopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czyxchem.com/upload/files/pojeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsnursing.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94041297934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/goveririr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/movubokunotolonebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wawemegimajomigaxegoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a6bf41550---fakusefivemotuzale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinipejedodipudexudalojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7m-shop.com/userfiles/file/97720393533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e99f94feec---vigoxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/81021551114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.disbel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/werifiwadolukufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spodne-pradlo-2bpoint.sk/UserFiles/File/bimunaboxogegurapavawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sififijabomoporejolapoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=android+tv+cache+cleanerPDF link annotation
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lixajemakikuzabo.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_off0000d5c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD4 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 581f9fd4b540b2236e421b6e119445ac7293bae37b7178f1a015db6d6b2412e4
font_02_sfnt_off00011c04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C04 10344 bytes
SHA-256: f0eda1c0a8e8951fa598645a3bc68eac6d29d2f8f52a1903f008f2ec8ac3ea2e