Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81f4b04968024707…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:16:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fc5dedc975f63b1e72476b18e0b92fd2 SHA-1: cc4216c1d14e5070063aa30c23da6d4111cc289a SHA-256: 81f4b04968024707de56c0a2720aa1ba73b84988be9fe19c0d91dafd6369f9a7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prepositions+pdf+rules PDF link annotation
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25eb98ce4c1c8f3dd78cd76fc189acff/89518261746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcp-ranstadt.us/files/834152764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/tupolafaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e61671664e---72572490471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ftldalhql5l7pv70p0e1d5che7/96557757330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/bimawosijorirun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a78bf25ead---bametaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bc0d370f8---tagusevodotojogugafegekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/fedefuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607970065fcf9---80602220873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/75422370151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969e83b6995---fifirejogekega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/059910797ee9300d5db30ab06baec283/31017095798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07aa0cfa599c9c5cdad6c0f6c8f25042/litenakigaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0cf15d2fa85d1e510eed63f9583d960/51479814361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ac55d95ba5760d3e85f882c28198c44/27613623156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87aa1c797c---5476967860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/gitejepewamowadaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ec015ec1069ec6143d82a1320408290/36541570823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3889808813---26407587379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7abr7ikgho40ncbsvlinulkuq/63140205333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3817382b9b45851807bb4a963623aba7/13593012809.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_off000101cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101CB 10428 bytes
SHA-256: f514edf28bb33283e9f675f9a133f407333afb17e0687887692b54d5550b5853
font_01_sfnt_off00011980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11980 17504 bytes
SHA-256: 91fcc0960112bfc1f13530b3d6905084c10ec7282635a67faa6611c49554be36
font_02_sfnt_off00014738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14738 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1