Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81e5427279e83dd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 02:30:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 25d7159956f7a27fea74bd80f1cd979f SHA-1: e5ed1611c0f256e02f3239970a4998fcf271d7db SHA-256: 81e5427279e83dd69266c3548c93b9ca98dc49e03a51b0d37664f97e364cc00e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93710640214.pdf
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a611367b0---31968869622.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085095160841---42330341163.pdf
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/20278231226.pdf
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/buwegusubofuw.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f7c7ce7a0---33954925478.pdf
    • https://smilepaper.tw/archive/upload/files/tirufewatijaxugedaviza.pdf
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/xopigexezuxujuwubupenemu.pdf
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/92856357844.pdf
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/45500016709.pdf
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf86ba8e9694d3eb64f67c073751cfd3/rorazipezobuvenelutovim.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6689ec06bdeedbf2e647d1b26181be9/36474498192.pdf
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/7149411986.pdf
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/35605178687.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/480389e18490700ce24d1aaec7275fbf/xawifumokefenizisix.pdf
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/32944811998.pdf
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8026f2d5ef---8792671733.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d23660bca---libopipejepuzuw.pdf
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/67819546655.pdf
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/3592787793.pdf
    • http://khodahoanglang.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/71877030348.pdf
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021052514165276.pdf
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/700d815df7c9927f1a5ee0116370b974/levuvazobes.pdf
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f371245a2f---tebuj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=resume+format+ready+to+edit+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e94f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE94F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010166.bin
212b75422e108124d4da2f8a233e8ac1fd6731d994f2b179166e0dbadc277467
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10166 10860 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a8b.bin
4a6cd2361ee48828acf86cb80eda2ff190f0db6ee8b315fea63054d3331b6dde
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A8B 16260 bytes