Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b235fbec599de10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 17:35:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ba0baee2a3f6b811bf458025b08979d4 SHA-1: d377c23ed2dbc9714d7c359358d97bd71709624f SHA-256: 1b235fbec599de10937511e77e5b982a02715a91a02d397ca21798cbb963ee94
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggests the document's purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da2c3b2501---tewunageperexisane.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/96881527119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021052702150873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f8d39c93d6636ce20eae387599a8bed/78839720082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/wupofefejofazenigezejexad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/22255351739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///tepusupavopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esenkardeslerinsaat.com/resimlerfiles/63920104327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6u1ljk9tlntc9o53heceu36na4/susojawoxisurovigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2cq5nhvi2kor6sgji2ejglaj5/modere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32f3543025---17608744878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochistandart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15826983698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///39845877745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b3b41011a---tifosapuvananutofana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5f987fe865709d45e7294a0b7dcf462/52581434715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/mixixisugomezopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab43bb4c832---rifijiwakukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070dbaf72ac9---zinekedavokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10d1d68c61c596d389b82c7401c041a4/varulevasoloputobufive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5fd37634f---kulikelakederazaroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a730a10fb---36472619759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f75dabe91aec07d88452dd4aa13e80e/62523242183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28b061914e---43651029185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c7501d237---jozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=american+accent+training+4th+edition+audioPDF 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_off0000fa5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA5D 10760 bytes
SHA-256: ba11dc2db55e2f36d6ffa43427f50b147298421305d936eeb3947752c7760589
font_01_sfnt_off000112be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ad0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AD0 17172 bytes
SHA-256: e825c4a3d27cbc7d8ce57ab83d8fe50c8babf35e4df5359c1caec7e99d847c9f