Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f81630119697a43d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:09:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f666a60ec3c42b7500c8bc3f21e5d63b SHA-1: 34bf6b55c5f0a05c9777e502a49f6bdc3665809d SHA-256: f81630119697a43ddb039c8b6856ac5e49d06a59fb80284295a7d402814d76a3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to lead the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=her+bossy+naive+ceo+novel+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6c6395f4b5---bemotikiwogerezilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd65d559205d5d80618cb88915c07c4f/fogaloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a3454bef1---dolowudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/62997882130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1583c6e19c---polarebojepigofobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/161efe5b258c48805e22b49f5ec134cf/pamiwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/10914030625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f306263384---litixoxokasowokaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/vabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnj9tc45gg2muggrgirbsva177/47204620788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/5979604616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d244ee57cc92be9eaaad43ed82554db3/fudezejitifimebitoxegapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b89878104---wenevefekogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dce71ae2531---sikufisubunovalolimukotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/tozarekax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wurbs-hanau.de/userfiles/file/molam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb0f69d40a---bimuzupafuzaguwudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/zorobadipatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8e1fd7f48---geruxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/47128638276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a390cd16d---werepirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/275deedff0aacbe24b40de421858a645/jikupomofejofefipige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8420613c23ac388482617891490320ca/10944027761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d94af5ad3ae---pejavusawofawowemib.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB7 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 90502096ec92bb981fcc5b886bccf6bb6dab35021b1c9518bd28f6a897ae8278
font_01_sfnt_off00011a08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001321f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1321F 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 046e7aed265473575d06332629ae8f0bba999152701c4bf26b6079832ee9f7a3
font_03_sfnt_off00014b4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B4B 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13