Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81973ae92dceba07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

231.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 02:52:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c37740926fce49d7ae452fdffe2d7227 SHA-1: f3b5b53348458f297ab7ed8cdf0c15a77ea855a5 SHA-256: 81973ae92dceba07342f334c56a31d83c948519e242fb01eefbe7fd987c41b9b
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9852

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13dcc4166a3d7955f7dbfff157c31b4f/18679390016.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gyn-koe70.de/obrazky/file/panadekupesilatip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfc9e4ea05d---98212146074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61f897ff4c2b2fd2e2d276054b24b6d1/sabosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efa45cfb4b---kelefodiboxomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dabc65d51c---80442158434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/63239134362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3t73opck445h2u0km12lqqcki/sufafaxabemewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be338d36e474f0e044ecf278ad74a86a/wijovesekegeneju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0020ba4ba6fd837dc719acd7ffeae7a/19248966244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58169b6d2e8095270586dbe27e531c57/geken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abaf83f0ef2---kefarixezolerezipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf7cceeb9---jonazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d27d1accb7---11991357192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/7518197727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d6khq5jccn2212rmcblg2eq84/47641734421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c39537b2f9470f524ebdf0f2259f5b5/vogofomofemukax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb7a7e7c90---dokis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37a9423a7a06302f38a631f866b52e59/bibugano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d82eaed97e3---94988650281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.euro-fly.eu/userfiles/files/sodarizuxigofajizedowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dddc421683047333214681ce51937ec7/47234328909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/355dcae038f74a800a9a6c10b35c9ac9/27270806320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgnhec3fvtfcc4tatcljqt4bvf/88088719980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d22416d8c1---32206091894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=dr+who+arch+enemyPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb2c93c0d73fa3b551118bf4bba14a3/43791918586.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_off00033127.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33127 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00034939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34939 17776 bytes
SHA-256: fa78fa1c81537429638cb2a15c0d3f4342534736bffaa574d827d60bc9c930ba
font_02_sfnt_off000376f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x376F0 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 5b2ef454acb54e429507d3d7d276db4da186320e8c50ad7e5cdce72efb9c9523