Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81a8b61686820214…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-18 02:41:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dcb4cbffdaa6a0d0c92b9e2e847fd1e0 SHA-1: 53efdb48596b2c94e65a07f48c16e06fcdeb63de SHA-256: 81a8b61686820214da209a4c33093113f3c33774f117d32298ad871f6ad0854f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to download malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports a social engineering lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9876

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sony+dash+chumby+update PDF link annotation
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/roledigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/xetewezixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56f2eef1f80f9b23f96f959849d8e27d/13114824477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00e76b5579---72668361995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdgtd359df0vnha03s8po93rko/93386645682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bauarch.bg/files/37641632951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/23049572760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/98261967613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57277286890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210622191049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/60808835430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibookingkr.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210804_4C9CF75CFAACFD53.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb66d3c500---mupovabiriligojilosoteni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83421b443d---66609815303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610985cfca852---99931697868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/62654870889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/072d070e0537338969de6b1971b96ccf/pujuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862d5602c6f---99621984493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/90474220916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829382083da---97410280012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/49785611970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/sokewutulutekojulitigebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb0f139304---girofaruruximamexawodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90vf9f8nd38r396aeatqi703n1/judoxakelekadipufezetejir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///gisubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c1a765204---pubidimog.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_off0000f9a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A5 10968 bytes
SHA-256: b307e5513b05db0fcb9de2f8e5a7f06e2f447bc1242ad081f89e3da737fa790f
font_01_sfnt_off000112c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ad7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AD7 17604 bytes
SHA-256: cd4db14591e4463bd16511d6f42b1ca95135ab6c0314a1f85810d8e037884688