Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81c366177b2572ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:08:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 896e4af5c1faf1fac2453f818e5590cf SHA-1: 2d965a56901e02962c7c10fc2274567d77ea1f83 SHA-256: 81c366177b2572bac3293220e956ab33314ff655e13fa469e3c280395f0c385d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely to facilitate further exploitation or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reporter+amharic+archive+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/68016822195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/kituwijevividusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1407e4691f---98390761357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devitohomesorlando.com/userfiles/files/reburanur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/wubebejosomabamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/vudarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17800641083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad59056423---vozuxetesivubefefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/vekimezawutevonalebelijum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090692fdce19---9890731854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cf4af0c22---95042271242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161005a7788ccc---1471381615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2c11b82a2---60337480808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/visetitujuwodovupixikiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-francophone.com/userfiles/file/kebelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102fba38637b---15584190713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intproplaw.com/admin/uploads/file/48461809140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/90204298065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/zeduguboxusegejuroxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823bbf599c7---6205995834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88ae56c7c611bddddd3e36790b82ccd9/95710641597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/57824016265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/wivozowojedemarupegini.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_off000182be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x182BE 20036 bytes
SHA-256: 2daee8b0171aa362b29b39d508e8b54e8849cec71b480b85a1d177cfc828820a
font_01_sfnt_off0001b6bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B6BD 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 7ed481071c3a87b205cf278d3a16ab8303a632ecbcfcf9fb7fd0bb07c71dcd27
font_02_sfnt_off0001cf44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CF44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1