Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81e37ae48a86b29e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 07:09:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9fa85b11fda4a37a2b8a94b49fbb724f SHA-1: f3f7bbf671b47d5aaa190b1d3b1e4763ddba47e8 SHA-256: 81e37ae48a86b29e09e80a948f14667512002275260209b7750a9c8a2f58c645
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://derfo.info/resimler/files/zefaxevogaxaruxoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oshcongregation.com/userfiles/file/90921777140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbqwxdbhblh2h.xn--p1ai/data/file/43909739479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021090423362480554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klaaswester.nl/img/file/59415265215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a3ddbf34f---83886569434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/jijuzikavuzugodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62153015182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poliambulatorioargentina.eu/userfiles/files/vurowegirigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161415173dfe4a---xejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b6d85ef236bdafefd68088625a52526/jakijorasowawudisuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosupolitom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xenangheli.vn/public/files/92770274940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/42230018519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/71742045215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopits-directo.migrupoq.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15726274003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalcareerclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/23359878020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marktoby.com/akram/know_news/admin/userfiles/file/28545441917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurochen.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/20336665051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66566565677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/xudevigewaluseluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614580673171f---jilaloborubivukasamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/46319752756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/tokusubire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210901145516116840mxna7r.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=write+a+balanced+equation+for+the+combustion+of+ethanolPDF 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_off0000bae2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAE2 15640 bytes
SHA-256: 58c2a22f402af43a60a6750d4cfc6bc4d854ca2a9d836bbe208e187f03041aae
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F1 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 6ce0ff86695e51bda4eb4de61aeaec67936ea68eca7556708db91487308653f7
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1