Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81c0e94540be276b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-08-09 20:27:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: af40d8eabc3c73ca78b78b614160ea9b SHA-1: 0511ee0b8e468351e5f5126b5e1774392c3df0a6 SHA-256: 81c0e94540be276b0ba5f1ee7098a867df59508bb134c6093027add3ff0f666f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by ML classifiers as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=replacement+beaters+for+sunbeam+mixmaster+2484 PDF link annotation
    • http://globeksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziginidajisexositetuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe3d0e652c---98529986632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a616d9574ae---8366224750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a337d381a20---pemuvitiwujonoropabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ru7p2dlq038ij9jpf2f6frp6p/39982388147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arredamentigiacobbe.it/file/safaledubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/69311046214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onhimalayas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78237900543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abworder.com/uploads/files/4294055767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092538c22d07---worurujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxm-hosting.nl/img/editor/file/18704129787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdtrf41gqs80c935d9jj1lsgh4/widazobiwisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/23943920052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3d555035f2---1738991134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609866a49913e---48398574190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68888771507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3235a3e3f9---nudebubedimafofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vin-baietii.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99957535309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021060615032222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20179927256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/67735465980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077100c21d13---18955269929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57f8f655bf---76498028800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujibekavavaviburaxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/68957778851.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_off0000bd1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD1C 16796 bytes
SHA-256: 7f8a5b27d3f73afaef8e2fca4f0a763d9c24fb3ed52c1976f28a2f7f8dc5e5a2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000100be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100BE 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 5905a5850175bb70c6f99575ef96700fbeb241e83deff57b6bf4df2475e5ca21