Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01b5ad15e5016b22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-10-11 14:25:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b604f219e807fbdea7265f0e0cae5cf2 SHA-1: f99e3070e1451e977ef59a802b42003e82ac6f54 SHA-256: 01b5ad15e5016b221c5900461d065032829226da203159f1552313e1c23c1690
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations used for hosting PDF files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating link farms on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=to+all+the+boys+i+loved+before+outfits
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d580c26445---91686293906.pdf
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409954ad92c---dawopop.pdf
    • http://printrun.nl/userfiles/files/33798769194.pdf
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/92586519450.pdf
    • http://blekinge.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/jiluwejonajofogis.pdf
    • http://cn-daomeng.com/upload/userfiles/files/a96ab80917308f8ddfcff1f38f701245.pdf
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents/files/duzukizawoxe.pdf
    • https://vsevolozhsk.mebel18.com/uploads/files/99458627608.pdf
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/94184488279.pdf
    • https://www.jdconstinc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiliwapetolitosupav.pdf
    • http://sooam.com/files/fckeditor/file/15416612796162fdffb66d4.pdf
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/lolumegimawowojewixiwuren.pdf
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/42598928306.pdf
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rtaoth9vvd2vn69pteject2b3/99581746691.pdf
    • https://alternativecarrepair.nl/userfiles/file/76229044506.pdf
    • https://actionsporting.com/userfiles/files/sidukemesiduvipugirifab.pdf
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/lubufasuza.pdf
    • http://khamtribacninh.com/images/files/zejujiwes.pdf
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/nanilesoxurano.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147b11143b89---53855807.pdf
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepawo.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f38bf4c449f322e3d8bd522f30ce348/virov.pdf
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/77002508931.pdf
    • http://www.santamyoga.be/images/file/ravedulimalorejujiworazez.pdf
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/57517958374.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615565bc3fe49---bebumo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5ab.bin
56dec063b803d641138f9639e9bb174a36c87fb4c018d48fd93288a4ec676c1f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5AB 20532 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011b34.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B34 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001334b.bin
d9915e336b1d024cc56fd92bbdbc32731a4dd7b7bc4057145c4c3c124bf9f725
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1334B 10732 bytes