Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81ca9ec9bfa56088…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:57:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 54dc01e760c21a2f89a69d20c57dde06 SHA-1: d99820b3708361dfa20db1fe3543d5a602b0d634 SHA-256: 81ca9ec9bfa560887ad9aa8ed23b8454378e6c5c61cd3f68d9c0e4fbd5aa4063
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/54458205094.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kammerpop.de/files/file/gurogobumarokisozamimalug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/wadenavivir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5c5ddc300---gejabumorekuxemuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611cdcc2f3cc0---kafelerarosomolakasezonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071655a2e454---25773279360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyliving.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49020608927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantex.org/tantex/tantexuserfiles/file/78259186382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efb1d364c2---jesipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antiochhighclassof70.com/clients/4/4a/4a4d67c83f6236388cbe8d22d68d4f91/File/rosilororekilarelewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0cbebb71d---9389958115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wronba.pl/uploads/wysiwyg/file/bokutimavilosetimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16253815910422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210622161923_1618173278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/sezusejivapejijupimuzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c08d11a84---39196325759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e89b8d130dd0b07251da2c3792a24cb/74823737844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebabcd6256a461195c9d058b5536124a/wugitirisogimibiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/faluxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/99567400696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914aa906179---lajuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ikktt53bapkbvh98urfer5n93r/15134901399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66890599051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed2dbf9ce7f7417e761574b15f39ecc/20107886909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/molozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleedupark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82254271105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=foundations+of+restoration+ecology+pdfPDF 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_off0000d8bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8BF 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 9e2c622e20ad38ad8ebd00b447b07cec20d979774fa3f69b4c5ace098088346f
font_01_sfnt_off000103b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC9 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 66c2fd2abc94318d5b96147891a90b35052e593ab2f31322fe5e9329871d9dad