Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b056cb5dc339778…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-08-21 16:30:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1a5c8a05f95501790b9af140b3d5618e SHA-1: a2c494914b39728402dc3f568ff3c63b8a066a0f SHA-256: 1b056cb5dc3397782142f0caa7782fcba8c060316adf58f6bb84656988ba9944
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2009+mathcounts+chapter+sprint+round PDF link annotation
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b42998e8f2ca2ebbaa5bf8b9701fda17/92626920205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chingyi.tw/userfiles/files/67148966386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/62938274920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r4emhmc3apo77n09g7bvt88lj9/28888661432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609661e48db11---25840497384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/60336794962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161118cfb21b00---66258806146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96dddff06ca86c6a3aea7282bf95ebb3/dufodufizibuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9s48mkn2tq5u0ninc1vkekr7h7/64469486725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/lemumagitujafanizuguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35781808563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/20055338559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b65452ade67---59919606168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaeabdcaebc---nibosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/doverekilogoxanevukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonebriarranch.com/clients/876969/File/gonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaonoithatgiahung.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/jitubinawagolanodovazuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/jejubogonefinawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/7770904914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcddab4963---rarojunagezafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukabifawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsv0p4aktusbko2kcf5hod49or/tubime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/files/6514888459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de482dcc7e---lotebukanesofevogir.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_off0001139c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1139C 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 64bc8cdcb64b89ba40b072feafc0bed43f7d04b2f6f661c532e3759099dc2a14
font_01_sfnt_off00012d81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D81 18068 bytes
SHA-256: df64bf87fbe390c394d5da227ee86c77ed080fc2571f2df6cd303f8cfdcd6316
font_02_sfnt_off00015d91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1