Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81bdfe54343f54c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:27:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d38b3e48c3535c8af0d91f59961debff SHA-1: da72b0d0ac00e7f3bebe7fb2cf21efbc835ed288 SHA-256: 81bdfe54343f54c2d8c8f4a09c7c1ec4a1d5f06c92b7d7948d947f077ae329b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. Embedded JavaScript streams are also present, suggesting potential for further malicious actions like exploiting vulnerabilities or downloading additional payloads. The primary attack pattern involves luring users through these links, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pac+man+ghost+pinky PDF link annotation
    • http://ge-mak.com/files/xaderonavodufogukasalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airmon.hu/images/files/80437169051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a38e04102---binelatuxeviviwuxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jitoforowinonixuzeboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas2.com/contents/files/97175087931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winstar-tools.com/UserFiles/editor/file/muravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27859714842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vecsecity.info/editor_up/54521700096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damutech.kz/upload/2021/09files/210911132431425502glkr5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391cfcc41c3---58998706265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laiksmodalux.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/warixotakozotipinileto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca4dc0e6a89e4b7b5bf3d2e0f9fbef36/xevunigomodivigubini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbri0h84f61shecmrfojgq74q5/12602820615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partroyfuneralhome.com/partroy/assets/file/92825285160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93738531134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newegys.egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lavonerexinotovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcookie.tw/upload/editor/file/032219579797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17bb5d4dd01d9fe798aa82bc3b95e9bb/78731723682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://billionbosses.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fosorerijadafunigolagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f841b2e0a1---98872720024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/64988049689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/48329203315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macintosh-szerviz-javitas.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuzijoworake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalfeedindustry.com/upload/files/sipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pbpharm.com/upload/files/moxasazedesiwi.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_off0000c1be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1BE 16456 bytes
SHA-256: 35cd78ad89ec6a78cd1f31c32b77398026a542c2219e091109d4edc375138aa9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010468.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10468 10752 bytes
SHA-256: c68973f27f4db0ff2e14036483ffc679bcfc8a65af82d1c03aaa2804cd0067ac