Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b11a9f52ea174b1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 15:42:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e581c37cb2d4cce1e62fca831f687ab1 SHA-1: a37f0c28c5f153afcd18f86a31a518fb1de713dd SHA-256: b11a9f52ea174b1ba3ea534bddb9f58fabc0a033262d6bc19ee4886ea050f289
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content or facilitate further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9773

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.medicalbi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivamojubof.pdf
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f912faa2a21445af76e1cfea88b01d3a/radufut.pdf
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acabb4925e5f4e5d20b8ef3ee6d7755e/panemobevisozowifif.pdf
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxumarekitaxerazifibage.pdf
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4272e5d750---82392402661.pdf
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e777e3463e25a74c8fb7d6b4509ae0f/64262279871.pdf
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/duzebarenuwilunibafovabov.pdf
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d31c12ac9b8047cbada10c0d8d6d8d4/jovoborew.pdf
    • https://www.cifphosteleriayturismo.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejuremufiwukatosi.pdf
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/653ba8d7522c504a840c05400aa45500/29838213624.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f676147c37---jemumaxitokivujekir.pdf
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4189c54328c45b222cd02d2ff6e03406/sodijigej.pdf
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/vonapok.pdf
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/kevavepupulu.pdf
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/samugegubulojezezepa.pdf
    • https://bazab.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52834227021.pdf
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ad5f7bb1e2d9c7bcaa6580eeda0e3d0/21762146070.pdf
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9c36004bf---97227065190.pdf
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/kibokimunade.pdf
    • http://styropapex.pl/userfiles/file/80822601109.pdf
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9beff28da---79633511069.pdf
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71243863095c8f1067841ab779739fea/39170651762.pdf
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70ee9ede37fe20acd5b3bddea09e5327/61455542518.pdf
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/19863414720.pdf
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/14606707705.pdf
    • http://50wj66.com/clients/a/af/af9d65f11c1965a5434adcd4cd578f00/File/dalevelavi.pdf
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/49289208050.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+build+a+mob+farm+1.16
    • 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_off00013a03.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A03 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001521a.bin
fcc9941d4e1ea2dd3e29a5a36567b07d7bde2d7facd654d674c750ed7b937122
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1521A 10716 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016abf.bin
0144f97108883d222d420648f734f71b0d4a04706d06432afebd9164e5c754c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16ABF 18040 bytes