Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bf9cbf7f59a4eb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 04:02:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cd8c6dbe7a59147e8f1878f4d447bc4a SHA-1: 3a80ec602d334ae9e638b8a43f734f35552c871e SHA-256: 1bf9cbf7f59a4eb5066b48e40131aa31e88baff596294b08b48b0c3b4b64267c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lead users to phishing or malware-hosting sites. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting further supports a malicious campaign.

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 https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85aac07e46---livuxagasi.pdf
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uiega7uurdmo6upjj79pfm4856/78638710239.pdf
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llod336sscipuef47uqslevab4/jonamuwomezojibutanuw.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31357e866ca61a5acf61df0aeab1dc92/96556680386.pdf
    • https://alshuka.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60740838689.pdf
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/jexukoropupunedo.pdf
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/kejofanufab.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1aa0ec7e3---mivaguxikusuviwapaxenuji.pdf
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210619045126.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b37ed95f6---notogapemezixiw.pdf
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/gufobebajuwibixipe.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5b1cf82ade---69912006400.pdf
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/kuwag.pdf
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/2788853111.pdf
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/11980271480.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6a91a1d0b---tixuvenuvuguxawekavekemil.pdf
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3bf8ce5efe---dikikojozidejikugekuru.pdf
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/xelutomiluxazutedafovuz.pdf
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e7b1bbdcdc8a259bf133b101ce07ae2/rikubuzotizirodaf.pdf
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74910b90d4fa350e836e7f3ea8b2f9ee/19681479410.pdf
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1625330642_bb6aef3b87.pdf
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96f884bba84a5f60ebb02c68b059c88e/90731694058.pdf
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ede3af5c1ec09a4a110243d719c8b503/ruzulu.pdf
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/funozen.pdf
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11b402c89d---sesewowavijepep.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607692460c139---91307716436.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=adriana+lima+without+makeup
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f56b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF56B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d7d.bin
6ae837b00061a63dacf661db392b56aa69cb98620e028e5b0d62ac0aa3d18865
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7D 17768 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013aef.bin
6a83359eb606fa262054b94a483dd73147cb8cc03a0e2272b38f0701d8a81255
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AEF 10748 bytes