Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1178541545ad57d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.6 KB Created: 2021-06-17 13:06:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 245c9b9e958c0fe3d7271101f948b036 SHA-1: def62f2869babda658ead37193d1ddaddb049453 SHA-256: b1178541545ad57d054fb894ac0369d1764951df70cd19cfd91a22780ba8b2d3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince_2009+english+subtitles PDF link annotation
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/604ud1u47g8nhngblca05sbqof/4537425943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/730489c7868829e4db50a46aeb60537b/xegazenopokufaroxireze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbd62b8f1d---xixiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbf96011a8---nifawawonuvanabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/50293425227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c209bfb54ce---regip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d19809cd0---80311461149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/55624812105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8043fc6797---gebedenixelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e59eda060b66bbcd26aae1cad827b57/wuzezawakenibijomixodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832a4b581e6---26405990202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94b282fdfd---17380830609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfrostov.ru/upload/files/31200213910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2tsquqpsp9bet10moousq1ge6/mejebedibuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52e16b1e1a---ginitebepojitasetibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18e032e850a1d8fe5ae6ea8e76d68a96/31944779575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smc.org.in)MeeraRegularMeera2016SMC7.0.0+20171102HussainIn PDF document text
    • http://smc.org.inhttp://smc.org.inIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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
    • https://gitlab.com/smc/meera/blob/master/COPYINGIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text
    • http://sinhala.sourceforge.net/In PDF document text
    • http://sinhala.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/sinhala/sinhala/fonts/CREDITSIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.htmlIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off00011ade.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x11ADE 24008 bytes
SHA-256: bf12c13800547d2fae69acec1ba99fe69f5d82f4f4330111ecb50e6f98b017db
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3BD 6080 bytes
SHA-256: 42208de93fd5dc5cd16f729968e9a5cd2c2d321bbb1f43e11abe55ebcc2436f3
font_01_sfnt_off00010875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10875 5604 bytes
SHA-256: 3f42629128b5c1a0763cd087a76c7060eb78be5f72f990dc4cd86174aae35960
font_03_sfnt_off00015faf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FAF 24636 bytes
SHA-256: a58086ad42fa82b716e55d6d103f1db8073d7907c1f9e3c261769cb18970dc06
font_04_sfnt_off00019bf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19BF4 12024 bytes
SHA-256: b05c53642ec7bc4561a358e28287bcaf7410f5ae8829417aa2a9ddd4d109935c