Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bbf4a7b3ed21624…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-06 20:15:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c166980adcddc48833868581bec328b3 SHA-1: 53f9cd2971fd939b1c2739e624617d250107fabd SHA-256: 1bbf4a7b3ed2162416397efc88a91431cad91c430554f56100e4ce00cd4b0d06
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or engaging in phishing activities. The presence of multiple links on disposable or compromised hosting reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9181217adebfe260f1e5cb134f67ea38/xufipu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/76814836817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/23838251134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb1228917c---numofakadogilomobatenuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d81e906d688---27707190573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce1fd8df329---fapatupilogitudibinuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210503090413150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6jum5i91tt1jr2ujvv1umahh35/51261423768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bef6bc0c965d100c72e8265c9f3b0ab/66655068134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d5e2c45ba5705add4bb0b0a59fec94e/samivuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bebdf9edf3f2e52b3d1f0435eeedc8f7/zopojogujoxuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ce5a118981850b15ea2eaacf8f9d118/56775250063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093be971c09c---tadupidanuvivoxewamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/47333076558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/nomedizazepofape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf9f2d78c1---88298586150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/295ba7309404d3ad69f61370f460a952/5413591401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608393dd36a74---witovonapejusekeloluta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e2f73cc2a---43252885804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f47f17a6a2c---vopanuvakepasidaluruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd79756e80311f14a794b3de9cff20cf/mebavodaxuxuzepalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=calcular+la+molaridad+de+las+siguientes+solucionesPDF 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_off0000eeac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEAC 18232 bytes
SHA-256: b691cd792b4bc8eef536121f0031fe1e0bc22562606375f2d688b0b1ce5c2a76
font_01_sfnt_off00011dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135E1 10844 bytes
SHA-256: c5dc002694c647d7f191b3a774317b49ebf44cc2c51773720f0badeee0acd4ea