Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd81505dba2a5ee7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:06:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 65e2d146a498fd0abf393ebfd9266257 SHA-1: 133675ae0a3036f2fbb5e7554c41ed3eefe557fe SHA-256: cd81505dba2a5ee7b0bc0745a73d19796dbbd6d675e8a328ab2257a855acab8b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of these links and the overall structure align with techniques used to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcd4425342---26684525593.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/77135968721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/63025017222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/bogejesifivokelegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/34378274616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zegazuwiduzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tideandtigers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65964185662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161289b413572f---daniguxesaxofutevevezof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/20113511346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42748343258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://semot.com/Store/userfiles/file/48600156846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myarrahnu.com/mo_images/files/87363985506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128d43f486e7---66686102245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d285ea29c2f4e49867d7a47aa490ad07/dakuzisoxisuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/xagofajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushimura1.com/uploads/files/pexovukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apisicul.com/userfiles/files/patesufanigotizizediminuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd0ce2cb59---13608351333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/61116694973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160934fdc95e04---70780544790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15287c4434ae427430bb238bc046934e/komipekejerigidezuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/ladebaxewemipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/porilumifajajuxokinuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e83b12527---38789535246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=adjective+worksheet+for+1st+gradePDF 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_off0000dae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE9 16700 bytes
SHA-256: eb7b2baf32b99dc03769895a8cfafccb9007e2d3201f876be6114bab631cb0b2
font_01_sfnt_off0001064f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E66 11012 bytes
SHA-256: c7eaadf5b2e32bdf48fb9ddec83763850d22e7270584c71aa46224e55cdbeca0