Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d81f49015f22a744…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 07:42:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bdb80dee70f545175c590c4d9172bd2e SHA-1: d426fd7571c342f84b07700146b9d8a63797b75a SHA-256: d81f49015f22a744180c52e9fe25f71798034aa3f05804dd2b7cb30ced5f874f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the phishing and potential exploitation scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9872

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/35500422631.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbffd88d15---78706728556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/pajidirawirogekamugin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyupsifalibitkiler.com/resimler/files/rozaxidamagafagezofonut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgrids.com/userfiles/file/jujofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/313f7d4fb82aced3f1474b393272e5b6/vogukekekejaronibizimuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec0d8f6d692135f5d06795aebfd37584/sebokepepejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/10968351429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/powosata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8713a8f122---zegoretetelolalananowuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ac036c1fc---83241468402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ddccca731---zasubotazopuzajunilumapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3opnjuptudkfsvk900sopteti/15183334019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfadfdf303b---vobazevubefogakikorela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phatnang.com/media/ftp/file/96554462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/23639539856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608926abb39fd---7425757711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/faxiporikesolowuvanuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/25344861994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afcbrrq3dgib3q0qsoqpauop7g/begegazagoxosufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607259e93ab85---66874251323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a0fa5366b---mopijusulizolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7101a00023f290590e40ffc1e4d6a8c8/31731774971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/wexijemodebogegoleje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=polo+g+tupac+changesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000105a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A5 10560 bytes
SHA-256: e6a139388324dd763980ff798e2c2a21ccf821292bf7d8bf19dcb7cdd8deba53
font_01_sfnt_off00011dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC4 16228 bytes
SHA-256: 11c5a07d087146020572b41e3c25cf6f3fd7b709257038c787216a38c3b0495f
font_02_sfnt_off000133ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014bbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BBD 18280 bytes
SHA-256: b4c89fa29754dccee8ba96ab5051d312375599faac25f94af7a5e58eef29828d