Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e81da555cf9dcfae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 17:52:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 67b3137d9c097c523116c8d17eb50c37 SHA-1: 41573f937031c74acd805019481e1dfb2b4ce34a SHA-256: e81da555cf9dcfae9fcfab6a470973e2a10ba50f56a96189b4c02879b083489c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=transfer+of+thermal+energy+in+waves+without+matter PDF link annotation
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/xeduvoruvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021052212211289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55311ae0fd---9671831841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a91f2ac8fc47bf50e1875567c87a2f7b/bikejagekurufesotewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866fd3c1cb5---diwaporapilevojawubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchofgodinjamaica.org/app/webroot/files/80030973143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d2f45a302---65697249793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/niralimugofugej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080af353d25e---pitewimuzujajugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b162095663b---nodowojuxofuwivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/19135042444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/gavonom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/nejawasezunidunilawuguva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774a50b6f5c---rogizupuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eddb262c31b9c399ff3d6f1f80025c3/negedosodeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/userfiles/file/meponokoxuxetupitunase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/80019035334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/fofanerogavawagegokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hid7coatoj7td8nt3me4i2ijso/13247212846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebf00c75dfd93209cdbf656c44e4aece/24603131730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/18909648490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychaybocaocap.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/67391799923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f06ae0c8dffd76a5515167dd4e7ff60/bipodufugoguxemavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7356a393f6ebf6b8d41a2e0b48ab0ddd/kutativalomudujotikopoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17698fe96f626d335bb386581e7d5d24/72033863260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c35942ed4c---38663211918.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_off000113a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A7 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 3cd5b4722504690777aee870366196739b39a1ad1b7dc99a6edd064cc7e140bc
font_01_sfnt_off00012d10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D10 19212 bytes
SHA-256: 9566769685a83fb0d0de2d180db9181582e62b9ad8d015eb8c1900ecd3c570fc
font_02_sfnt_off00015f6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F6A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1