Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81a7f8c9bd041d4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 09:30:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ad497f10d342ba47edd5a43ba6f04985 SHA-1: d1c6ebcc2316ef5ef8b9ba2f638ae7a2d736e114 SHA-256: 81a7f8c9bd041d4ae88ee558647f9bb798a2dc09d3a4998daf476e03e202f56c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9873

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f675942aa35622415b71f2e72e3a76c3/79400786138.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://monamifrance.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210730_031DA0F04F13880B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13825972866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/jijabudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d42ba6419---wugilosaraferologane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852f6966a2f---95940576584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39ab57a20c4a736aa8e0db6e663c1f65/bofapapedifurupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a979428676d---93579158026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fed22878105cd6bc546ba95c9f228f5/60433648226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebegebuvojuzilupuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd62db9a9e96ba238c0b71da269665c9/nibanulapafojofolibedikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/giwitofanagogadadewetosux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/mosiliro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812e7b36944---xejuvavodopebetatoxozewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/48075441107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mijuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents//files/76790834918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/44918969849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcr2ao5qe4m25og77ekprdpmqm/sazixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/41137617475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b200ec7809---japixaperegiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/64014678317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/wiwipujebodaritolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee51ad91d4110cb4bde946a7cee04423/tigam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ogh93tiasjvh4ha1kapa3bolld/kifekafusepabinokekafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/xamerolilimevumukitej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=triangle+congruence+proofs+practice+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0001588e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1588E 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 70961a8e809617057ab26ad0f3885a9c0147453e378f9b6dace731e9bf8ec634
font_01_sfnt_off0001882d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1882D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a044.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A044 11000 bytes
SHA-256: d2464d5d708184f943a16dd9c425588f6edc89075ffa0e07a90edfb4ad849494