Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81d35686fa3ad70e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-08-26 08:22:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d315e28cce5312b5b263b275de35e7b8 SHA-1: 10a1a51727641e9a199bcf45251855e5362bc604 SHA-256: 81d35686fa3ad70e6f6768edcec35afb9fe98954c4eb7a1ea1576b4aaec764b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, likely for phishing or scam purposes. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=eastern+rosella+for+sale PDF link annotation
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/27769006407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5ad8046382eb6c6369959de61ea41f5/74133417131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98e21f29c5---26251198365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26862731627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/rotapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/netiregiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607262560aa88---90600907554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/24585526843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabunwangi.com/contents//files/26815177783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b340b741056---39839988226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeb89778c8b6cbcb9824062d1671a847/wudarudugavujopobixolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/jadolufumonatabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/88920357986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxqzx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210705_083243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/poxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfahk.com/upload/files/jozivulemolawifolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/45278101033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/807f62ea98e14c51abb46bd8f9ac5491/fajelikagerad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/seluramenosetajuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotellemaritime.com/hotel/upload/files/30147885070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abe3ade0de3b0755544013704b46c299/tovoregopemitenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erainbowrealty.com/userfiles/file/4343915589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laetitiabernard.fr/images/file/felusegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucphatloc.com/upload/files/fifenuganunaferijiriluva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/tozifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/wuditaxotomudiramaxar.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_off0000fa73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11285 16932 bytes
SHA-256: d8275322510ee857c5ab81662ccebb1118be8ddfd3cf6325aba4522885346742
font_02_sfnt_off00013eaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EAA 10100 bytes
SHA-256: 29175bed76922f641d8815ab3f7b56972040252885df4408a40c80f072f3e67f