Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81c1eeca90a5feba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 11:33:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: d9b04958b5c8d63b3383ed4edec4e85e SHA-1: 9d3e660d14cad74dbdc1a0ae9aac429ec2a4a4ae SHA-256: 81c1eeca90a5feba8373d46b6f9c7ccd6aaa4af66150151fd1e912d108b9371e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, including compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sonic+ether%27s+unbelievable+shaders+1.7+2 PDF link annotation
    • https://rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50314297847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biondiairsystem.it/userfiles/files/kuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/40032443313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srilakshmienterprises.net/uploads/15452924142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alicantea.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/lagorikosilegixeradir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5abac46c1fcafee40b14d05e59f7280/puwujuxezadovagopipexug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quimicasorocolor.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6749317109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85341583379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makeyourpartnermelt.com/userfiles/file/21307229477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/51616046386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613239ec2aef8---sopop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/nutoteronejemukomosafevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dortmundpools.com/contents/files/35292352507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airxps.com/userfiles/files/vapatotisawojubidebeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89990031688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xovujexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614194928d7d3---3571611302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/39707795034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachtrangtritranvinhtin.com/gachtrangtritranvinhtin/Images_upload/files/melizuxuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaluzaktanegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tafumanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budgettranslation.hu/sites/default/files/file/moralesubimifefuvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wubibisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sisparts.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/54386070353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/62061081257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freestyler.cz/img/file/buleferulalekewama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/77272745199.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_off0000cee4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEE4 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 9fedad579b0118af1e5e504b772129a2b47ab9b5116d6f96ba984586f980fd17
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001146f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1146F 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 3ad5c6c8999ca01f97e0b185d3cead1c639637b69386d24c0a009c9f8eabcaea