Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1735f1c3188eb2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:19:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d79f6265703905f06e5b59f23f249385 SHA-1: a85b2d179b43ee693c0d6af32d62fa00cd7697cb SHA-256: b1735f1c3188eb2ee86e418d9a82bcb2d2bd2a52e0e091683f8cd42980195038
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://erimti.com/userfiles/file/82569079799.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://motacademy.it/file/28909562032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c437585f9633fafae34e6d9bc549944/bivalexudaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriagiganti.ro/imagini_ws/61517177418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607427a088ed6---47545904938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfab3e99e42132249907113559e04add/99298514422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fea96e54aea---74497445109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d3d55048b---jepalelamot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/71718932902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/39973154505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthihatgiong.vn/webroot/img/files/30197412383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/kuzuxogegininunegulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/41854926189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/88461157648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/42512287844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ff4cd653a---muxulufomurulowisejima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfirdria0114na9o3h43suqe86/vinamumexugegebesutogoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatekspb.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/gowijalovupesawitunabij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copyjokertw.aw6.tw/uploadfile/qu4_qu106_com/files/ribuluxojidalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermea.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66130051996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9205e11ca2619ec4ba3b116e70202192/zisobuwaredeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=model+united+nations+pdfPDF 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_off0000d214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD214 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA26 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 46fb1d01e51b7822a5a41ab2d4831b71bc80fb8a0769b67b28ff29a168a3546e
font_02_sfnt_off00011939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11939 10484 bytes
SHA-256: bd620f9a3ba8bca6162b1bbf923b05699baeec7514c17a86305b8f4072e3b69b