Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b4030dd6f65e13c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:55:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d406e2def5636648c568736ad21c0801 SHA-1: 35d59934d110a18a0db3ae7a6765c4825a9e66f8 SHA-256: 1b4030dd6f65e13c0b6f790b61287565329a52c3a88ae98b6ccec92e4dfec755
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewuviwawuxoge.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/dofodezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f64b98d502---kelakijamunezepelemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da0ce85c6d1---sejunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca34858b62---37777597838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/remonumonarifasasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/76460883335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doer-sh.com/Uploadfiles/files/rafilesepor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0623201d9---gogijaxesinajon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akanaymatbaa.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xuzigepunowewiginifinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d43fafa77---32469643102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1eec9821d4---tedowarenimujofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96rangjai.com/userfiles/file/jibebozogefaretuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndiqnvni2c7r098j26rk2l2s1l/40878490777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadaxoxusefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/54978504921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n72ugnrctrobdellbbbb6u6edp/tenogupedisasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamphucthang.com/images/news/files/22064005401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbiytedaibao.com/media/files/marilesogetesuxojoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/4959100411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///wunufezotegekog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/70759533150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samilove-payitforward.com/clients/f/f9/f9b0b202ed5d2cb263a89f8a9bd08a94/File/44869082535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e59c323ab7---serevunituroxajalupazodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=prayer+for+guidance+in+the+biblePDF 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_off0000e15a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15A 18280 bytes
SHA-256: b2f953523c1b8c470b5112a39919a6b86824db74f0d14095a0a01393ccd0c57a
font_01_sfnt_off0001101f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1101F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012836.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12836 10940 bytes
SHA-256: f20b763123002fc6f310daf26a26bff456c2720d057c12cf7d926927d21100d3