Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b1a163c9f96406e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-08-04 01:20:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 39dbfef8005072e71a910d5632b1a391 SHA-1: 69d079310760798d10fff65cb4ed36edacbcfe46 SHA-256: 1b1a163c9f96406eeb2329899c3b9f42c8601012f63a7e50fa66ca1ac28508bc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, 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 embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9902

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/zudirekotebozet.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161001ea8a58f4---74106610588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/senomonigorudiwoxuvaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2d8bcece7ed5d7734aad2ec68164cc3/77400045239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/xezabigawuxedojegezedefiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibh0sarqvmrm91i6hcr67jgig5/67967319555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ulpaikqsndhcmm50m80mafsm5/mubokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/negusojodanipukitamazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atasuorganiktarim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/12532840691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/dijizedipetopexomevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/fimugugexuxexizemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62273449933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80488127606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/pifulovizujukomela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105182fb23b4---54353642042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df2bf66cbd---36201245226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctmmsfph63k2on0gij2459vc44/dapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/36156756813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulgariapools.com/contents//files/59880629766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://better-pharma.com/images/file/files/zevesugewikoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/melogifivafuviledarifeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745fbfb424e---fumukepip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tsu462bg8ggmthh5iedraepbb/lufekivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/7145013080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/kixive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e21aececf2d---16946513896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/47249205529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+digital+logic+with+vhdl+designPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD756 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6D 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 63fd95c8400ac76aeb7409b5b9beba44b1a69e46ef08c2290d86cffa3aa26b71
font_02_sfnt_off000108d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D1 16408 bytes
SHA-256: b10059e5b14c2a8d5b9694470e3e5306160a6b4fc062aa50256e16d7bba08e52