Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81df89ecfc5a7f41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 11:26:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2785cce7086edb1c1b345c4636fdde8a SHA-1: 4f221e6aff85c071bd225142fb8f43298a61ee71 SHA-256: 81df89ecfc5a7f419d32b75b2bceb0d89aea099ad91cd260631a1f4db8833150
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/vatilebureb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atomicattack.com/atomic/fckimages/file/tetusugifozawebojeroru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutowek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/95223025916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestmanassas.com/uploads/files/12579227205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netcsemege.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41150987524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruiqingchem.com/upload/files/12848052641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b56dc770da8bad65606d579f2e432302/zobazeroweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojubiwonetosubix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/pujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kisito.com/userfiles/file/53439014000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f50bbb4c4b---88910442404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otpetye.com/images/shared/file/86378281340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/79849509656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/14878329051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintowncoffee.net/uploads/images/files/57373009929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143d7c09087b---munuwevapekuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efc15e6742c718d456e840f291777283/88850814946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/20419013300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wang023spa.com/userfiles/202109file/2021091604342270554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hypotekaprezamestnancov.sk/res/file/devikagafuzarativofomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/98900274568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofomoromaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=giddiness+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000b5fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE10 20128 bytes
SHA-256: c862773c5692e6e6992ca49fb3ef05b855d76b8b6f11a866c8ecd08cf8f7c04a
font_02_sfnt_off000101b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B2 10228 bytes
SHA-256: e3c9121ca7a6aefd4405d8b87d3e76cc213c5c59b4f297820fd98cf8e4a6f7a8