Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a81f1eea774bf8f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:27:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: e56f93ca321a2fd3d0d425c0ab5648d0 SHA-1: ffc05a8fce508196dc2d85eb03c598cac2d0567c SHA-256: a81f1eea774bf8f26c14b24bce85d0e0b9192c543bf52fc338c8a2c38cbc786f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, many of which host other PDFs. This structure suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=instagram+story+download+apk+mod PDF link annotation
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384b10708a5---61588398737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132986631675---84918051652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafezuxaxagotamoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/nodojojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134985895f93---rujupilugamok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/keregunoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecilingirler.com/resimler/files/40819392628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografieindex.nl/images/uploads/19708942815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/gopaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142e600904ac---piluzufijasejesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialgarden.ro/userfiles/file/bosunodoforoderedivexirok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kientrucqhouse.com/uploads/image/files/94626067288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasomedia.com/userfiles/file/24154994077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161430d53d1b4e---pasujoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinamakina.com/userfiles/file/43421620635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2gkn3s9vn7lghg5g0vreqe4f/49806887999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enricobarraco.com/files/36438123147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glttek.com/userfiles/file/83983382616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pujcovnanaradi-tvarozna.cz/userfiles/files/wozimuradavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3e0fc7235030edfb2580bb37d8124c9/70038975859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301142323a0---51782384579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a74ec6e57d---44945316307.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13413922533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613256d1b5895---24577228293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614151036c57a---rukezogonopozot.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_off0000cb30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB30 10752 bytes
SHA-256: ad955c22d5904f558a0eabf721effd63bc738cbb7498aa9db43e5ba61d63d0ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C0 16404 bytes
SHA-256: e8b9ecc70a73e7ef7b994a4a6073a0ce2252532c00501491e480449efa9f9930
font_02_sfnt_off00010db2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1