Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b981af27b100a6a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:13:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6fa6da370f13214318a2bdd10030a31e SHA-1: d25a09d7d6ffa9daf1ebdef8d210c11e868b1db3 SHA-256: b981af27b100a6a41e81ebd9c23396dd3ba0387acaebbd6a9241c6141b9b3133
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watermelon+man+pdf+eb PDF link annotation
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/29277105581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608836188de16---fugazijexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sostrevalli.it/userfiles/files/42968516375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-plzen.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasetavigebirikatuvadizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/46792784450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0e656230fbd8f11ff45932a4175d4bf/xedovimopegefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0282b2b426bf6c507680e5dd67ba44ac/82470177757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/razurumaresatidutikiwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/favunemuwuxexovizewoniko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95c922f90b384c19c204ba5b2822828c/jezaderaniwaxubumovebewug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bd6975dbc1568daf17a359592624d53/15610358145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendingchat.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/jaxenes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7plpt7qkns7mpj5hc7qrv8ce6/28835595739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/53806348072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ufg85lujmfcc3fujts1773ra6/lirol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7601577792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d80ce455a---92600611308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963741214e3---71526813723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/40008544570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrion.org/upload/fichier/jaripobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9aafaa1f0d---14945455705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocoachfox.com/userfiles/file/rigukumeregidita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82623575151.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_off0000d46c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD46C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC83 10532 bytes
SHA-256: e30e040bc906de1db2182743fe5bcf2f7e133e4524a06dda60bd8898ab685b15
font_02_sfnt_off00010440.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10440 17000 bytes
SHA-256: 78399b7212b09ac86808f40da338a825c4e526c4ddf58856c4ae2c96c7e865e3