Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1471592375fcaef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.7 KB Created: 2021-08-07 16:56:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 690ff7fe57fe03cfd463fc7d4a02958f SHA-1: 2c84f70df0f227b70614651638340c6b5621e482 SHA-256: b1471592375fcaef53905eaffdef79b4e5ddf1673c8b625284f272cce99c14bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://decaiyun.com/upload/file/210611151452217345jt80b3g79vgf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/90317282283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870d58dfaf8---zuxobijuzimapewup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rinsacars.com/files/others/65449113822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/30608530874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608207c780d18---mutupujibigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/11727328635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/723df0149c61f19564de83c0d98cc7b8/28890944082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ae07861e9---44992342880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covinahigh1980.com/clients/1/14/147ee80f0cf2e08ca1b5067d21485a43/File/zeletupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f08ad1b8c7d---kefuxaxoguwibesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7767ea9a1e922863a1d9be60b3c147a/28714044892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unioncentralreunion.com/clients/3/3a/3acd25563584ef55397927d4124196c4/File/pupakekudulinotarufodavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e39dc96320ff09a9bd16a737e5776b3/witerukitoriti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mtiwelding.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexurepimidudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/feminodasolenezex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rsq4chjhmp1tr688n8esm551v/pubavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2cc780efd---lojujuwebufugazoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/47577419776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3057b85709063c0aa6983af9d58b5b35/61141523953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d2399abef58fcc1ae7da89e96f33bfb/29409805380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc72e697b1b019d33c1e0699b90efe47/jejawexinapovifunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607932c41a7e0---vakaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884fdbec6f7---32916677639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0538bbe3fa---43652196439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+cemu+emulatorPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00018bdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18BDF 18180 bytes
SHA-256: f46a07ddfd6cd0f6137e71ef06ec2d7426b0fdf40b3bdf6de1638fb8cc74ea87
font_01_sfnt_off0001bc4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BC4B 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 5684682e06007a7a4b9b27b80fbf696b39280dc286e1d9aa61627dc2c7e16c1b
font_02_sfnt_off0001d3dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D3DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1