Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81e70863381a51d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-30 17:36:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: db5d8811539f04ca87bf0cb651e5a309 SHA-1: c56cd924105163e9f7c489ce73a4316209270b62 SHA-256: 81e70863381a51d5d9cf04c003200c326716976fbf6a858c05a4e37d8a14c28a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features multiple link farms pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://corkpotters.com/images/vudufiledepufumemirove.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/41306564531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614654bdc6709---94575910652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/19866146223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuyendung.vinaonegroup.net/upload/files/duvenagisibivukawixosejis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trieuduong.com/images/Download/32608622832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bukkosdiskola.hu/files/file/gunadedumunisajezebugofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71636405842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topmebli.com/content/xuploadimages/file/63030336887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/jevukogemesuzuwajomadene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewajesuromelivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadalosuranifuwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ustunbilgisayar.com/userfiles/files/zafotifegisaxexilute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przybyszewski.org/image/file/rinajabisega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6637pkmguom143tk9527lq2r61/lafafizodinetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candica.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejimenasatamavoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/data/attachment/file/77210236721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikmanis.com/contents/files/wufelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aspart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31150359119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41645558421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614510cf227a2---nojasilulasiruresijeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampoernastrategic.com/uploads/image/files/4243456176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4me6dg98o11hpi44n40oivgkt/26004793633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodmix-psc.com/userfiles/files/60638027087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=that+hideous+strength+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_off0000b041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB041 14816 bytes
SHA-256: 90410c0243efaa3f5afa511209098e4a35374418bf5aee91fb084dc9f95fd55f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d58e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD58E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eda5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA5 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 1474bf999fe9ceb5739d93bca64728f269f5976e95361ca54f4f7ac84703954f