Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1231c77091fb1f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-08-14 05:24:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: a9687623ade929a1cbf42a7e0a43e08c SHA-1: d6b9e3d9c3ce7cc2e56266e75486502c6312afdc SHA-256: b1231c77091fb1f33683e3d120ccd575343536fb437ab3a450dc946826254914
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating a tactic to obscure the true destination. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cuentos+de+valores+para+ni%C3%B1os+de+primaria+pdf+para+imprimir PDF link annotation
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4c51607a2---xebiruwetofibapizotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conhantaoankhanh.com/webroot/img/files/87825307962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandhighclassof1962.com/clients/c/c3/c330a44b04b080977bf299ea430a317d/File/pujiwemupezaxamovirana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23f272bb3e---61240338705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71508463374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lj8rd4husn907q3cn715vpqaac/35554757748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb68c763d88---podajowimasaranojiwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac5eb3834e61b63599f388bf3213f4a8/jivatanuwivigifuwazerenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094696b4b407---8582639354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84eab620556e27f54451ebf4b968a330/dozuzeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/80459104242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rc08uu94tfcuitn3a48bhdns5/70483680828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2cb28da5e5a5075ce736c5ec919b01f/60615130611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pucbg80te09c0j6jsngisfuq2d/dopoxasoxokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb488c0ea1---2035652738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbdirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekulunafowapiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092512091299---veresisafimegugelujumane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/12461273081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac27a26b256---55139579151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprintfactoryvietnam.com/uploads/files/wizasodopapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgd3ktgfeh24n4uq6bsr3rcrh1/5754649830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0palrl01btpm5i9aiivi3e16qs/dimagadedili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/3718710486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f448f0775503883b7960ffa63e1fa20/75234351732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3k8ttkl5qsa8junvqtf9hb0nc0/fasogomamese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/najuvujisizikuvo.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f4c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C7 11060 bytes
SHA-256: b32735cfd09b74986dc2c573019dc5615ea968ab73655383d9a4dae1a6a5161c
font_01_sfnt_off00010e53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E53 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_02_sfnt_off0001245e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1245E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013c70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C70 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 4d5757f31d29e570a21b7d131f56f713b2a3a56440915d3d1ad737e057b7bc4b