Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bcb4f2b4917fbef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 04:26:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: af583143c7b083cc1e017bf783f4d66a SHA-1: 0dc4d330e75ff652eafe8e98b4b0270981c20693 SHA-256: 1bcb4f2b4917fbefa72a5ca5281be898ba28a2b925e1f76a46f8bc1d2f64b8c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malicious redirection attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/87012117872.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb489894ef97c01b1e1063df32805d12/61048493312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/35981533508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents//files/62846169334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skk.com.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73312547567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krzeptowski.pl/file/rejalusebunopatinem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/zipifenuzuderewit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bilebivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8537ca3b2f79f1fabb8e3274caccf79c/33706424115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nk8p2ss0thr8277rm5tr2vubup/44621875771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/vomujoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/benelositeluxabokozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/kiremaxonil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/fibubejetotujexugos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b95f39601a---juletuxixoxizitifexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/89814781797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76da1be2ccf185a84f49e203d443bba6/savigapajonisakenavas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/golerik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be4f3a00976---bilonajaxosijepedapir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c53fc2c5b7---63192022131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/zopegijesovupiwapasewezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mk2h456qokqq6m7n8vgnan5j77/14895703109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f12f6da2f4---xigusobefetuxowivesaruge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/tikutexesevugirijetitubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/diwibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5aef49fed---ninof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=is+my+hero+academia+good+for+12+year+oldsPDF 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_off0000f2c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C1 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 01d5c73923c47f3ffafe9afbcec05abeb3f37876239ba9722c404543ab755245
font_01_sfnt_off00010c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C05 16240 bytes
SHA-256: 856fa534e42ba94d84a446f9d290a59b61bf7f1d52f38fc7d354dd438682b858
font_02_sfnt_off000135fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1