Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b0c0bf36fc3e2ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:50:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4ccc62bf48c61d65d9ec155bf74e7782 SHA-1: 1a05ef46a0881fd37c4e7ec10e7b86d2d22b3be7 SHA-256: 1b0c0bf36fc3e2ef670bad28af5f200d41f58acf0ffb4cb6b9bf0eb406909227
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+question+paper+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/rudakekeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/41824535325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/22548073346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210608192740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ea834bf08c2a667ac795a213de79e8/69545144438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5820a2baed---mijojilejowovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2a7fbedb72---42876101004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh62.com/clients/7/77/7764523e397120ad9b09b1da26998858/File/daxoriwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f52crcabq7o3shvtiak75bq7/ninuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/xopazepukubavudasem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/wopejojolubunamisod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210710075717842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5eda356132---wovevixoxulur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/23874815271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43eb9d6c3da868d874fe73494094ca97/74242701793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/lipimurutaxukulafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc5c3a6219---49701712663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a434e54ac21---navosulazilujetad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/fijajelomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sabancilojistik.com/userfiles/file/94544193597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/502f2be14aa70cdd82cb241f02eb7a90/gugotijegiponavopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29758136a80e296f96c85090b0576ab4/32351228697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/83771659638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077245b4dc74---gikurikiguxijetaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607231b62ff4c---53882732176.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_off000104df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011cf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF1 19472 bytes
SHA-256: 4901c2376ab6369cfffb8f266aa1afd9924a017058c54da1e8455ee3a0bedea8
font_02_sfnt_off00014ed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ED9 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 8531dbd2b7b620d869c3a2d36e0eb457cd689c25120fcd274fa7e24c5c1d0245