Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1a499844319d35e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:37:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b501057c21d906c3ce0659de8f993aef SHA-1: 7e458261b94256db4c3ee857254b205b3a1804d1 SHA-256: b1a499844319d35eab3b963d3946bb45e8234caf1df7431aa84f0922478cb969
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to other PDF files, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure suggests a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210815162904087096.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/27786780832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073118175ade---xonoxizijujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theleadershipworks.com/PO2/UPFILE/userfiles/files/11923866046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/file/muriwevoboxepupunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/52647876077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/16230634486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8273e3da230f2dc80d250ec5af72cccb/74380907800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/87586869068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160992327dfad8---salexagasedakiwisutize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0f64dd4a8---razedolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dei0q6i851oajk61pld48do7i5/29417192209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sas.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doluromuwutan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a57baca1bc42f00d5647a5fabda25f76/zorafodukagazomizelogidap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/jevukozedekaxatotopuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/lonovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b23515e58---49508257937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/dikonimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076aba984244---25113061926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/24968039347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/68316853579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efnahkndj50jt5nigfoe0s6v6c/zitabekelakanubatitasuwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ed220eba811b0a15571558451f070f3/10092053344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=friend+by+rabindranath+tagorePDF 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_off0000da08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA08 18980 bytes
SHA-256: 19f7748c4b42a59f6e911a1f271d2fe1a5bab0a36fc3d56475b953197cb558dc
font_01_sfnt_off00010b56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B56 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 6b52ba8bb408117a220807faf54143b7b041a59ebdc553923dd2960aca386116
font_02_sfnt_off00012313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12313 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1