Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81fe6bfd831d62dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:29:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1679ae2363a456a8498af70820212db4 SHA-1: dc876aedde20ac14435523a55f3e088a497a5081 SHA-256: 81fe6bfd831d62dc93928d79173bbf51404dfee5744473f49654cb3affdacc30
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malicious redirection campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm and heuristic firings are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8stfg3peuu9fpbhvhsvdvpen5v/daziparavugop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://projetovm.com/uploads/files/99030941914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.info/userfiles/file/tijuxuzaxoxovinoxasisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0476c965d7---vodoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bd2a4fca5---sulinonoliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetestmag.com/userfiles/files/nuwixav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5384b0ae8580c8bd388f1f1a696b0372/49818940642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160970649b94f2---93234941439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609403f90057f---76951905379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c0c49b859---direxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrion.org/upload/fichier/64101674542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/wexule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibds.net/images/files/19851153532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqskoho5uujmbmloipj6e9iba0/tapudemutufutosilodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/womozokalotorawanufemeged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93975133845a87abac68fd0047ffeb7a/54168421613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/33295168912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuzoku-kyujin.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zutopuzowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadelupo.it/userfiles/files/vunosemamaluvadikumave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/7464212560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/76106778035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.manorbymajor.com/userfiles/files/satenapejodatamezapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610701cab6011---55410559758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/dipupojatebelivavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=disaster+recovery+plan+bank+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_off0000f997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF997 17520 bytes
SHA-256: b1e21b9747b8d11361af51b52253cf7047e0e008525867d88201f903f0e93e46
font_01_sfnt_off000126dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EF4 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 042aa67a67c7ca14a34ceee68ca70853b9f9749aeff830d645a98cccc3d0e2e3