Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81958df5997f7634…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 20:35:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a1d43a93de498b0bb9a715a1c1d64a9c SHA-1: 8ded5b14099bb785b60ec9a87aa154494f2c33eb SHA-256: 81958df5997f7634a2480efb2e014a30c33065a540abda8f720ba65bd1b00622
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download secondary payloads. The presence of these links indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 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 https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/dekudojoverawejagukixi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd1baf945331f2531f448019474a0715/71699980251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all4pets.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bopumemamugetam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d862ed5227---22196932665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22eed79d2e---gekitofipovanalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c2ab31d29---42854219660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d7e9148b29fe37f490d315da9d1ce6/gakuzipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydiction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gibijarukawimukabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210726_113130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7544c3b06766f2343d89ecf1abfa8461/bibofulusutadaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calhi1977.com/clients/879053/File/rewanesetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/vexixemekupewugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-4/20210804090652692853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i43huh4mqs8n9t9afsae2k3i55/58604034737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/lixukajuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90460cab677c8181d3e20f8abcae671b/kipido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2de5fb0d93---xiganigorasipijabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jbb71ggt6snrsi073svjd2o35/menuwokunefuvabivevanis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/vixinuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d971869c1c---zefaxabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210804164314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0e485c75ec---83631657628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americansemitruckparts.com/d/files/judun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+can+be+pun+fun+answer+keyPDF 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_off00010882.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10882 16888 bytes
SHA-256: 1cfa6014d2ff9552f15bc0252f56613df4605d09ea6a298c40db9ed6bc405fe1
font_01_sfnt_off0001342a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1342A 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 230bf005b15a12a161a9a016bf2164d01e2d9cc4b55fd6aff6101536fb9d08a3
font_02_sfnt_off00014ded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1