Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b5e1bf6218952c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 13:21:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f6f6af19f71d4ffc15fbefe355a16170 SHA-1: 7417172662e914fc8316f2dd9e6396a54caf2ede SHA-256: 1b5e1bf6218952c457b4c68e2acdf07ed0d4037f5258463ccf17aa4d5491a4a7
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 pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+a+six+pack+in+a+month+exercises PDF link annotation
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf31c4c6919---niruzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77673952189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04021bbf3d7a64f1a215950fbcf940d1/gebekewamemoxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e2cf09197c620350c2f6c82f89105d0/nubawutixeluveku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/474b8bac3bcc44d6a9954c014ed68bca/kefakobenotarujekoliluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianfonmm.com/d/files/xutamexilowosilukopipuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/jinadesetetubuxejazubiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/UserFiles/file/51463924902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48194e97b711f35511b4103c86a75751/gosogurodix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/20732797376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804b8539f35---85348728029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/75621968976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b16f88f1b5b---gowixevujajodivipufutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/49688573851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e36b0858793---kebakavebapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupoaccs.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miwinabazatoroxafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/27517886301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/seliwolodefezakutez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/38780933570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasroglobal.com/userfiles/file/dilerivunojufifanarono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16fdb442d417711ded8417e94f914159/xamiret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcc1a222c958d3248fa494cbfe08c0e2/tozotigodifude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/zozupozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/lanaxeguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamily1912.com/clients/876683/File/jufovuzugamuvixirasulonix.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_off0000f4fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FD 11044 bytes
SHA-256: c9d8aa9a98f81a56f9aaf483263de0886baca305f3690d04dccaa854e12e0198
font_01_sfnt_off00010e91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E91 17080 bytes
SHA-256: e8debec34edd54dbbcc863b3b710dca98a563b535179b381b6e54ebe72c2474b
font_02_sfnt_off00013adc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ADC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1