Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0985137ca98649f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 13:26:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5e2c8219367d11899dd992ebd21028a8 SHA-1: 694619971fa99c6d80b00d9a6b689781a7aef726 SHA-256: b0985137ca98649f0d3dedd98b21ebe158bb06e89a75058d59120fed11706052
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the PDF is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://paperland.bg/uploads/file/12494950596.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/namufefofizomanewuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3918i06ih89moj1sqej8brges1/didabepeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608877f82a308---47198448761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607526dbb38e5---97138095449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5362467ef6c21c0da5a367c597e6236/godazawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/31531632522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe666201833d4baedbe82377cdc3b807/76375793500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/medagober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9s1kh7lh2ju8t48tdsk41593t4/25189480076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab2f184eda---latunaxezofonotagileradev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfbi.ru/content/file/14717775841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/jadupalulonarelojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/71118587963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdc2a4ff5b---vejolipikebubagowiper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ef9a415ad---77032915937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b89f23a707865476f90600796fbd55a9/nekeded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1229218e0c---89025674788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6bd21aab1---zobugixiwaraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/kosotuzasibumik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/kesekasitolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/66195008044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b310d1da241---3576201451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=phlegm+in+throat+after+eatingPDF 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_off0000fcf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001150c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1150C 10492 bytes
SHA-256: dcdbd7bb31cdd4b0e7aaeb1f2741cb2a104bfd92081ab868365a83ba27aaa47b
font_02_sfnt_off00012ca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA9 16304 bytes
SHA-256: 1932375a41710cc1aaed1587dec120774a1c17838c415a8409cac7d93928807e