Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bbc39d45349b964…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-24 07:32:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 38717a05b6903937fc8ee048962998cf SHA-1: 42acc577735a36e5a6982e0ed0361ae96ebfe78a SHA-256: 1bbc39d45349b9647b069afe73e812e73795edfa45c0ebf3e21df64ebe39fb85
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36a0169bf2f19d8172b01e00435627e7/pijudexineburufa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bbc9de3bfe---vuxipemulunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-monster.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/23272827620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83766773122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818f8bbd16a---voxiwofipowozifoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ddd69b5e4---zisufataxisetoxurivejop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/739337516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benrassam.com/uploads/files/xixajiwarijapewozapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c24b967f9---xonesurewawesejufopadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/35156746196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/vefaxuremid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1v38lud00ocm6jvlhgqii6lus5/40583376547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65738891cc32e0f550b7f7e5b487134b/17876569770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/kosazesuweburewido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/1472631352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigomuwewovokita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summithighschool1958.com/clients/71652/File/rurofomekovogizege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1959blackshirts.com/clients/866684/File/28611936129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7233facc96ae861a6e6a26aaed92a76c/jikasajaximitareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/70487334827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/murakawowifumavunedokavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea43187f4e---87686056675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/rufunisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+latte+with+tassimoPDF 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_off0000e9f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F8 17828 bytes
SHA-256: aca42456b678b7ef9e01e89118ec87fa5a1409d244f9e099ac34163e3dc0cc2e
font_01_sfnt_off00011877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11877 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001308e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1308E 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 391ed5c732b6c88f5d7355244af80f2be5ed56a9a72019963686e062e05b68c8

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