Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1091df9aeb602f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 21:00:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cc7bd1fcced53f5c24d5b12ccc48cdff SHA-1: 715f9be416ebf252f051252a66de6c6317627fd1 SHA-256: b1091df9aeb602f7b35dce1813f2be8d3c060247a6741bdf9143cae640f4bdd0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF-specific heuristics related to link farms and compromised uploads supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/simufexigonivejivalo.pdf
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/mesaxudaxivo.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608265b3bca1b---lupesa.pdf
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4142f406cf5a1cd3c5dcff334aa07747/38753570077.pdf
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/soposezifa.pdf
    • https://citrasas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokukepefobigi.pdf
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/61142190082.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88b30de1e46ea6f423927d3def5565e5/96325245654.pdf
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792f87daff2---25689735828.pdf
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9362c8c4d4---58795142009.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1180f36ca---selazagu.pdf
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/5659413726.pdf
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0kio75nbmb7u47jp6a0rj1vgk5/51715755661.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43i5qepqepi7qh0fctucacjaap/buvafinubakukupiwu.pdf
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/72281674070.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e92b2ea9f3749baf6cde5d22c11e4c77/82777455963.pdf
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/15519124127.pdf
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/koririp.pdf
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/322e1d7f328fcbf3ab9b586c0e7e8f2d/tazovetitirubetokogug.pdf
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/85827831692.pdf
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/9250437936094952915fb9.pdf
    • http://phpirateboosters.com/clients/867602/File/17115946973.pdf
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fidabojimejawikil.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=area+code+330+is+what+state
    • 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_off0000cf03.bin
4c1ccc6a7aa444abe21e7c7f3c1605eb3390d3fdd379b03286c9e572a46ccbbd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF03 16372 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8d0.bin
c31125cca6086afccf9c6c972629d610049fd96ccf3042c2ed33c7067282c9ff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D0 10680 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011194.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11194 16792 bytes