Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81c3ae7df4ed617d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-09-23 16:28:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d94ea26e3c0fd6711a3b7320636fa4f4 SHA-1: 44d1fa9f5458b61f13317623a98e13e6dfe3bb3e SHA-256: 81c3ae7df4ed617db768ea36fb2348592a3241c5b8908b46d7f4baa914df0f46
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate attempt to obscure the final destination and leverage potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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 http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakirazosenajamikole.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/rarozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/14434821924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stromzeleny.cz/file/dulotekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chennothinterios.com/uploads/file/59142631855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoaidn.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44432379470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/data/attachment/file/1433766258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c65e69e6d1---zanukato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379bfae6aa5---56444932002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137eca4d8213---bizivemosezutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/43141430396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/70150730730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/86429495767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/bosukeligopasazusavofema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fobovebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202109161232587560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsbettingconsultants.net/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73162086281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/jutalobidovufulav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smalternatywa.pl/media/upload/files/46890c2ec5f37dc805da503417869b0c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef48qt6evisg63qfmuol2r3qg0/64469370051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leanuslab.com/UserFiles/file/32167754619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rujiahk.com/uploadfiles/file/12381124449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b30d933e20947b8dbb1b9494118f6cb/35626663642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=2021+haircuts+for+round+facesPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000fc09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC09 10824 bytes
SHA-256: b0a5515511a5be98d47d85fce1107cea4d32f3deb5de31213a6d3f980df502af
font_01_sfnt_off00011511.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11511 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D23 18716 bytes
SHA-256: 97016d99c21d9f196c1291598db3c0ef08fb53ff2559c63dbf604ce9a4768214