Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c81e093e519a37fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-10-11 11:51:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 89504a1117b90b34ea2cc70c5ac891ba SHA-1: f11818df69ed0e64f1b360a264310efd5a1606b3 SHA-256: c81e093e519a37fd16b22084b3a6a046ab9c363e40ca7e529e6b0d8d8c1dd98d
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious destinations, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3841

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://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad8892d0a083c0a28c1eb0673e4941e2/notazuteko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/95213863818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/bexabukosugolipozaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prettygreekvillas.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectofile/57725041302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goacetours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66678505507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlabiura.kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31065089985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7617039877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/zegamobukezogesumemopesab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396b2a28c7d---gikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menifee.hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/41866549565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinesupplier.cn/data/product/file/2021104_115939_347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20211007154318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tempshift.com/app/webroot/files/uploadimagesfile/40000085702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39e0ecc5c7b9d3f907f2d968d6ec735e/59271446752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/fujizopekulutupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doingthing.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/20055711588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/26560455007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.com/contents/files/dulofotatajulinoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/303f3a25137c1c051790d86735b3bee3/33910245774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161563a72e51f8---67732477920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protok.pro/upload/files/mowexojifuxupiponuzabivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traslochimontalto.it/userfiles/files/fefefuvukimumudegufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lienming-rubber.com/uploads/files/202110100050092440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/nagizivoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b3b4c7aeb0---53973735141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/HKUGBsJGI0E/uplcv?utm_term=day+is+thanksgiving+onPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000de0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE0D 18068 bytes
SHA-256: e58dae4ce524bd7163d6ef33d4636d3ff90160e8ae9f30d5a92747341c42f648
font_01_sfnt_off00010c9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C9A 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 0d68b9c10b11ff586bb4a3b19093958fab3d230b16a5df2d4dc0b6114fe8ef79
font_02_sfnt_off00012418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12418 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1