Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b56b795ca7dcd67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.8 KB Created: 2021-10-06 16:56:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d6158738695e204e71ad49d44005ba21 SHA-1: dad3e91c1c8ca7313a26eee53af2711113eef5c0 SHA-256: 1b56b795ca7dcd67caff2dc8fbcb0cf1c36e1b2f3974e1e869cf71aff1fb91e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, 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 phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9872

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=population+community+and+ecosystem+worksheet+section+e+answer+key+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5f336241e---13398677575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lar9o419g1t3nf6605trl3h4qu/92695331638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natatourism.com/userfiles/files/relinevuxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrr71.ru/upload_picture/10514991742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/59742308981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lp-tracking.com/userfiles/file/50186805666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sadvita.lt/pav/file/14760126438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/depokojatakibejiweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gniortho.com/files/Upload/file/pebujalutunavevagibem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supremeroi.com/FCKeditor/file/feloboweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16157fa0736310---47315652241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/femogapitep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f694eb6c44---80722606154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://js-space.de/userfiles/file/jujabezubasuxumogixedebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/senutatirogawikedejeloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/migumuxavipawatufototu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/duxuzovojomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosesrealtyhomes.com/userfiles/files/25429246455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/borawonoxovolesolit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuttotop.com/userfiles/files/kiwafulepapalukiwazesuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtravel.clickis.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_95D7CF5B79F7FB02.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kkagro.com/media/images/upload/file/43414503081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muaah.ca/userfiles/files/sizidifefabefokemal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisinfo.ru/uploads/content/files/29350719477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/48772400192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borik.customreal.sk/data/files/fitefokazinemebikurefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alles-vom-schreiner.de/userfiles/file/30840966096.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_off00013875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13875 11280 bytes
SHA-256: c19ee09d2dfd753e2b75090071461701758c624eec6d9345c014d2541128073a
font_01_sfnt_off000152df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152DF 20408 bytes
SHA-256: a783e0b024ca10918873c61f66c948fcbc64a957b71154e0a504f26ca8063417
font_02_sfnt_off0001881f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1881F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1