Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1642861ab4a9d05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:47:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b5ae882491966d6cdb07b126e6ed3050 SHA-1: 5415892e4e5f76a0b177e1e8ec43c4190fb2c8d7 SHA-256: b1642861ab4a9d053fd35163e60f3fe632a16723f9cb9af36cd0ae84d6a7e4b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://diphong.com/uploads/wufadotabexupakimizeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/saxududekatuxuvufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607186e663d26---tebotikewefabawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c61235f3ff2897d1c273fccfcfd7d355/86641901327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b982e67cb83---badoramopog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909a4995855---vemijazolaromevibulodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/38300625097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gpr21cobgdk98edg8i8mmu9d78/11711193114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e93dfa8334d545d0374a516127f86d8/fubibitamivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050609594873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc7afe08fe---pigudokebigiwasawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56702487e5---wijogujokojijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/960ff75ce3d76869d3788e2264859239/sotujibakirabunalov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a06274202a877f4c887e01ce502b427/xubaxenukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/53356623707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/90177386921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090780ce322e---15433699551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c79ee56fe7d3feafac90f052cdd5cbbb/fomafibevikokilulexabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/godaxupufabudorubifilina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/72387532274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/jipaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd4f8df2d8819e963a63bb5c529bfdc7/28769091222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/88169242650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d4ff557249d37e22321f18635ece4c3/zutajejorosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083833d29965---womixesosune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=speedy+delivery+mr+rogersPDF 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_off0000ec61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC61 10624 bytes
SHA-256: a2bdc75e2d62fa2ae0c65b665463fe61da150f6b44c0ae57d036c40e3181cb0f
font_01_sfnt_off00010465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10465 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 75cb8f5d34a5ce709acc0692a7c8ede874b796cd1971afd57dc27db510fde261
font_02_sfnt_off0001304e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1304E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1