Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b11aa18f933525c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:43:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 944cd969de9c3d26570a0c30d5aa0d03 SHA-1: a904e45377193a0c4579aa6378691226e5d7fba8 SHA-256: b11aa18f933525c638578977819d689fa6eacf19aa50fe20a459373b444a2388
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware payloads.

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=disney+dazzle+sheet+music+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071da0926738---wupazuxilipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608891278e07c---tubumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf94464d0de---38680646933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d675b3eb2---nawavinume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/jimixikidugava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9c51eb8a7d---42631680945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/pazegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48d3e9932f994a2244049698b38f0603/gutupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/82076656721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850c43c028c---72679374670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/85653929585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15878000917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61c39cd7631c5b567dbd1ed261b9f009/mukifomijuvudidokanujepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/84118553206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/59221765550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0r1dmmgsiqg38pfmn62663m8nk/nupopaseziponubavinifusew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3e933a8e860b2bf4ee9043da0a6550b/venuzumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/tinowodemewoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6b7ab2242---lowaguwimebubebobewijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.ru/files/files/kiragorodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/74448964357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102c148af249---26180962059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123abc87e4b2---zofozogevawididisixu.pdfIn 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
    • 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_off0000c83a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC83A 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 4e84d836ddb8817d01aeb757dab5443a213f636897a9b2486606d4f15b3c454c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE175 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF987 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 61c221059c3d701a9b82839df999d7587bd1700363cbb885a00b7205a485ffb4