Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1011c7aaf84d4b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:23:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 1b20b1238d192f5f42052ee998bb63db SHA-1: 1cd523d34061b6cb3752403a929a0cc641084dac SHA-256: b1011c7aaf84d4b539ccc93fe1b1612015ef2b0257c754ca27559105be8d8ae0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'password-protected archive lure' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to decrypt a payload, a common tactic to evade gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dad0baebd24273a30ea3a2998e54cdc/10284235395.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/24592772100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd826b7b6d7---womidonawojezozowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/21160943794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b999aa21001---pawurafumasibazonizajage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/13037660517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47b94619fb813d53745bbbed355bc4a7/8989435528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1l0v354tpnhvr01eim4qonnd2/5403884560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/magutusobexidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e47f3d8c6acd2ef110cc65992127c034/90722400168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/47561401685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f351bdb840e3f17f9cdfc4991a1aae6d/rejubopupexolukem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f98db87b7fcb3a3157a05558e572fef/wezepawunupubevekuxijede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b0e34d0c8557497f347d6aeeeac9772/93440117483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/45759461869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17ce33cc18---77357371622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/97707785308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/55911129417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f57a3e079---katamufisefujibosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/43893938790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607990acaba91---liworagimukijuketazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivd1ofb79dr4anjpceq0me5q4q/2548049453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b600091ae---fojoziwiwusigowosamaxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=need+for+speed+most+wanted+mega+trainerPDF 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_off0000da37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA37 10856 bytes
SHA-256: f68bd6ccb48b01c857bf8964a2c624ed00ee3c168ed0022e8dc39170aa673789
font_01_sfnt_off0000f32e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B40 21140 bytes
SHA-256: 07f34736b13ac6d243faf1a5fb17efae499329884a4a8d0cf9f0d6571e2daa5c